West Lampung Jolted By 6.0-magnitude Earthquake

BANDARLAMPUNG (Lampung Province) June 29 (Bernama) -- An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Krui waters, West Lampung (Lambar) District, in the wee hours of Friday, ANTARA reported.

The 6.0-magnitude earthquake occurred at around 5.37 am local time, Bambang Nova Setyanto, coordinator of the Lampung Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) was quoted as saying here on Friday.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 6.00 degrees southern latitude and 103.73 degrees eastern longitude, around 99 km southwest of Krui, West Lampung, at a depth of 50 km below the sea level.

"However, the earthquake did not trigger a tsunami," he said.

According to him, the earthquake would be felt by residents of Krui, Bandarlampung, Kota Agung (Tanggamus), and Kalianda (South Lampung), at between the first and second levels of Mercalli Modified Intensity (MMI).

The meteorology agency earlier also recorded an earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale on Friday at 00.30 am in Aceh, northern Sumatra.

The epicenter of the Aceh's earthquake was located at 3.92 degrees northern latitude and 95.76 degrees eastern longitude, around 36 km northwest of Meulaboh, Aceh Province, at a depth of 33 km below the sea level.

Indonesia sits on the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire, and experiences frequent earthquakes - as well as tsunamis triggered by underwater earthquakes.