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Earthquake Of 5.2 Magnitude Hits Indonesia

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale that rattled Indonesia on Thursday.

It happened at 07:30:29 (UTC+05:30) around 142 km west of Tual, Indonesia.

According to the USGS, the depth of the earthquake was 90.5 kilometres, and its epicentre was located at Latitude: 5.777°S and Longitude: 131.478°E.

There have been no reports of injuries or material damage as of yet.

Notably, Tual is a city in Maluku Province, Indonesia, that is geographically located inside the Kei Islands.

Because of its location on the ‘Ring of Fire’, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis frequently threatened Indonesia, a country of more than 270 million people.

The Ring of Fire, also known as the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path that runs around the Pacific Ocean that is marked by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.

It is a horseshoe-shaped belt about 40,000 kilometres long and 500 kilometres broad that contains two-thirds of the world’s volcanoes and 90% of Earth’s earthquakes.

Also read: Earthquake With 4.7 Magnitude Hits Philippines

Spriha Rai

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