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Shallow undersea quake strikes off Sumatra, Indonesia
[June 19, 2012]

Shallow undersea quake strikes off Sumatra, Indonesia

JAKARTA, Jun 19, 2012 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 jolted waters off Bengkulu province in Sumatra Island on Tuesday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here.

The quake struck at 11:27 a.m. Jakarta time (0427 GMT) with epicenter at 66 km southwest Mukomuko of the province and with a depth of 10 km under sea bed, an official of the agency told Xinhua by phone.

Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone known as "the Pacific Ring of Fire."

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