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16:13, November 21, 2008 |
A moderate quake with magnitude of5.2 rocked eastern part of Indonesia on Friday with no report of damage or casualty, meteorology agency said here.
The quake struck 11:55 Jakarta time (0455 GMT) with epicenter at 85 km southeast of Gorontalo in North Sulawesi and at 117 km in depth, an official of the agency said.
Indonesia sits at a vulnerable zone called "the Pacific Ring of Fire" where two continental plates stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia meet, causing frequent volcanic movements.
Source:Xinhua
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