Asia-Pacific

Strong earthquake rocks eastern Indonesia

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-07 16:41

JAKARTA - A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 on Ritcher scale struck eastern parts of Indonesia on Friday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported.

The quake jolted at 14: 39 p.m. Jakarta time (0839 GMT) ?with the epicenter 246 km southeast of Melonguane town of North Sulawesi province and with the depth 65 km under sea bed, the agency said.

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