Another earthquake strikes Indonesia by Ana Maria Ciobanu

Nature just won't leave Indonesia alone. As soon as they calm down after a calamity, another one strikes them. Early Thursday, a powerful earthquake under the Java Sea violently shook the tall buildings of the capital and made panicked residents get out in the streets. Geophysicists stated there was little risk of a tsunami. The earthquake struck at 12:04 a.m. and had a preliminary magnitude of 7.5. It was at a depth in the Earth of 180 miles. Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo. said the quake was also felt in parts of Malaysia. Fortunately, no damages were reported. The 9 million people in the capital were scared and they had all the reasons to be after the tragedy which happened in December 2004. According to John Bellini, another USGS geophysicist the earthquake in 2004 had the "center close enough that it actually ruptured the surface of the sea floor, which caused a tsunami." This earthquake however was felt by people on the ground, it caused buildings to shake and water fly out of the pools, but it was too deep to cause the ocean bottom to move. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelag and is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location in the Pacific "Ring of Fire".

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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