6.5 magnitude quake in Bengkulu Ambon and caused no damage

Jakarta - In less than a period of 4 hours, two areas in Indonesia rocked by an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale (SR). According to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), two large and shallow shocks do not cause damage.

The first earthquake occurred at 14:36 ​​pm with the epicenter at 547 km southwest Bintuhan, Bengkulu and at a depth of 10 km. The quake occurred in a subduction zone Indo-Australian plate with the Eurasian plate.

"Despite the fairly large-scale earthquakes and shallow but it does not pose a potential tsunami," wrote PR BNPB Soetopo in a press statement received by AFP on Tuesday (16 / 8) night.

The second earthquake occurred at 18:03 pm with the epicenter at 2:16 LS - 128.11 BT or 163 miles northwest of Ambon, Moluccas, with a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes occur due to pressure of the Pacific plate is crashing the Eurasian plate. The average annual shift of the two tectonic plates are about 12 cm per year. The earthquake is not a potential tsunami.

"The impact of the earthquake is zero. The earthquake is not felt by the surrounding community. The intensity of the tremor only II-III MMI. Due to the epicenter of much of the population. Activity communities continue to run normally," he explained.

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