7.3-Strong Earthquake Hits Indonesia, “Hazardous Tsunami Waves Possible”

Jakarta:

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck japanese Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey stated, as screens warned of the potential of hazardous tsunami waves.

The USGS stated the quake struck round 100 kilometres north of the city of Maumere at a depth of 18.5 kilometres (11 miles) within the Flores Sea at 0320 GMT.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Heart stated “hazardous waves are potential for coasts positioned inside 1,000 km (600 miles) of the quake epicentre”.

The USGS stated the possibility of casualties was low, whereas noting that “current earthquakes on this space have triggered secondary hazards reminiscent of tsunamis and landslides which may have contributed to losses”.

Indonesia experiences frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions resulting from its place on the Pacific “Ring of Hearth”, an arc of intense seismic exercise the place tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan by means of Southeast Asia and throughout the Pacific basin.

Amongst Indonesia’s string of lethal quakes was a devastating 2004 9.1-magnitude tremor that struck off the coast of Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 all through the area, together with about 170,000 in Indonesia.

The Boxing Day catastrophe was one of many deadliest pure disasters in recorded historical past.

In 2018, a robust quake shook the island of Lombok and a number of other extra tremors adopted over the subsequent couple of weeks, killing greater than 550 individuals on the vacation island and neighbouring Sumbawa.

Later that yr, a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island left greater than 4,300 individuals lifeless or lacking.

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