68786068 In Indonesia's powerful earthquake
An earthquake measuring 6.2 occurred in the early morning of Monday, April 25 at the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, reported Agence France-Presse, with reference to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of aftershocks, according to American seismologists, located 75 km south-east of the city of Kendari on the island of Sulawesi. The Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency, in turn, has estimated the earthquake magnitude at 6 and also reported that its epicenter was 55 kilometers from Kendari. Kendari administration officials reported that the city felt the strong ground motion. The first, the most powerful aftershocks, they told the agency Reuters, was followed by a magnitude 5.2 aftershock. Indonesian authorities do not yet have data on casualties and devastation caused by earthquake. Warning of the dangers of tsunami did not apply. Indonesia is one of the most seismically active zone of the planet and is part of the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire. Annually in the region recorded up to seven thousand earthquakes with magnitude above 4. Thus, in late October 2010 as a result of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that occurred simultaneously, in Indonesia, killing over 400 people. The earthquake, which occurred on Sept. 30, 2009 on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing more than 1100 people. In May 2006, victims of the earthquake on Java island in Indonesia were about 6,000 people,
