Sunday, July 14, 2019

'Flurry' Of Powerful Quakes: 7.3 In Indonesia, 6.9 Off Western Australia



The flurry of powerful earthquakes continue, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 rocks Indonesia: The 86th major quake of 2019



The flurry of powerful earthquakes continue, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck southeast of the city of Ternate on Sunday, in the Moluccas in the eastern area of Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) at an area 168 km south-southeast of Ternate, the USGS said. Indonesia’s meteorology agency said there is no tsunami potential from the quake.

A 5.8 magnitude aftershock followed around 30 minutes after, the agency website showed. 

Earlier today, an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck west of the beach resort of Broome

According to Reuters, there were no immediate reports of damages or casualties in the quake, which the agency said hit at a depth of 33 km (21 miles), about 203 km (126 miles) offshore from the town in the state of Western Australia.

The latest quake brings the total of major quakes (mag 6+) to 86, incredibly all but 7 of them striking along the Pacific Ring Of Fire.

Incredibly, the last 40 major quakes this year, going back to the 3rd of May have occurred along the Pacific Ring Of Fire.

The Indonesian quake was the 9th major quake of July.








A massive 7.3 earthquake has hit off the remote Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia, damaging homes and sending panicked residents running into the streets and fleeing to temporary shelters.
The quake comes hours after Western Australia felt its strongest ever earthquake, which shook residents from Broome to as far south as Perth.
The Indonesian quake struck about 165 kilometres south-southwest of the town of Ternate in North Maluku province at 6:28pm local time, at a depth of 10 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.

“The earthquake was quite strong, sending residents to flee outside, they are panicking and many are now waiting on the roadside,” local disaster mitigation official Mansur, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, told AFP.
Officials were assessing the situation but there were no immediate reports of casualties, Mansur said.
No tsunami warning is in place. The province was also hit by a 6.9-magnitude tremor last week but no extensive damage was reported.
The Australian quake registered at 6.6 magnitude off the Kimberley coast in the Indian Ocean about 3.39pm AEST.
It was followed by a series of aftershocks including a 4.1 quake.

The United States Geological Survey said that quake hit at a depth of 33km, about 203km offshore from Broome.

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