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10-24-2007, 08:16 PM
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia early Thursday, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and briefly triggering a tsunami warning.
A crack caused by a quake in September breaks the pavement along a road in North Bengkulu, Indonesia.
The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 and struck 135 kilometers (85 miles) west of Bengkulu, a coastal town off Sumatra island, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
It hit 30 kilometers (18 miles) beneath the ocean floor.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said there was a small possibility it could trigger a destructive, local tsunami.
But the feared wave never came, and Indonesian authorities later lifted the alert.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/indonesia.earthquake.ap/index.html
A crack caused by a quake in September breaks the pavement along a road in North Bengkulu, Indonesia.
The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 and struck 135 kilometers (85 miles) west of Bengkulu, a coastal town off Sumatra island, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
It hit 30 kilometers (18 miles) beneath the ocean floor.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said there was a small possibility it could trigger a destructive, local tsunami.
But the feared wave never came, and Indonesian authorities later lifted the alert.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/indonesia.earthquake.ap/index.html