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Two quakes jolt Palu
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 04/03/2009 2:18 PM | National
Two consecutive earthquakes jolted Palu in Central Sulawesi early on Friday morning, causing a panic among local residents, Antara news agency reports. No damage or injuries were reported.The earthquakes measured 4.4 and 4.9 on the Richter scale, Palu geophysics office chief Robert Owen Wahyu says.
Both temblors came from the same epicenter at a depth of 16 kilometers below sea level, and about 18 km northeast of Palu. The first earthquake hit at 2:51 a.m. local time.
Recently, on March 2 and March 29, a magnitude 5.7 and magnitude 4 quake were recorded, respectively, hitting Palu from a depth of 10 kilometers under the seabed, Wahyu. (dre)
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