Showing posts with label Simeulue. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Earthquake 5,1 Richter Scale Rocked Simeulue



An earthquake measuring on the 5.1 richter scale (RS) rocked the seabed around the Simeulue Regency, Aceh, Friday (30/1/2012) last night. According to the official description on the page of Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika /BMKG (agency for meterology, climatology and geophysics).

The quake at 20.20 rated not potentially cause a tsunami. BMKG Recorded, the epicentre is located at a depth of 10 kilometers.

The epicenter was located about 77 kilometers southeast Simeulue Regency, Aceh. In detail, coordinates the epicentre is 2.13 north latitude-96,61 east longitude.


source : http://regional.kompas.com/read/2012/01/31/00130479/