Moderate 5.9-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia
Posted: 11 September
2010 1555 hrs


A seismograph reading




JAKARTA : A moderate 5.9-magnitude
earthquake struck Indonesia's North Maluku province on Saturday, the meteorology
and geophysics agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

The quake
struck at 14:12 pm (0712 GMT), 198 kilometres (123 miles) southeast of Labuha at
a depth of 10 kilometres, according to the agency.

Indonesia sits on the
Pacific "ring of fire", where the meeting of continental plates causes high
volcanic and seismic activity. - AFP/ms

I don't think a lot of people could forget the tsunami that strike Indonesia a few years back, Singapore was fortunate enough not to be affected by the tsunami, i hope that the quake is not a sign that another tsunami is striking again soon, however if it does, i hope precautions would be taken in time before it's too late.