Earthquake Today: 6.0-magnitude quake rocks Indonesia
Earthquake in Indonesia: A 6.0 magnitude quake struck off Indonesias province of East Java on Friday, the countrys meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
Earthquake in Indonesia: A 6.0 magnitude quake struck off Indonesia's province of East Java on Friday, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The undersea quake rocked at 11.22 a.m. Jakarta time (0422 GMT) with its epicenter situated at 132 km northeast of Tuban regency, and a depth of 10 km, the agency said, Xinhua news agency reported.
No tsunami alert was issued by the agency as the tremors would not potentially trigger giant waves. Also, no causalities have been reported so far.
Indonesia, an archipelagic country, is prone to earthquakes for its location along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes.
What is the Richter scale?
The Richter scale, also called Richter magnitude scale and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, measures the intensity or magnitude of an earthquake. It represents the intensity with a scale ranging from 1 to 10.
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