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November 26, 2007

Indonesian Earthquakes Kill 3, Injure 45
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1A5F4CB:A6F02AD83191E1602087DAAF33C30747F47489ACC27D21EE& Quakes hit off
Indonesian coast late Sunday, early Monday Two strong earthquakes
jolted Indonesia Sunday and early Monday, killing three people and
injuring at least 45 others.

The first quake, a magnitude 6.1 temblor, struck late Sunday off the
coast of Sumatra island at a depth of 20 kilometers.

Hours later, just after midnight, a second earthquake hit 45
kilometers west of Raba, a town on Sumbawa island, at a depth of 30
kilometers. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake off the
Indonesian coast at preliminary magnitude of 6.4.

Indonesian Health Ministry official Rustam Pakaya said one child was
among those killed by the quake. Dozens of buildings were damaged or
destroyed.

The Indonesian archipelago is prone to earthquakes and is located in a
belt of intense seismic activity known as the Ring of Fire.









Location of the Sumatra earthquake, 26 Sep 2007In September, 23 people
were killed when an 8.4 magnitude quake hit the Bengkulu area in west
Sumatra.

In December 2004, a tsunami triggered by an underwater earthquake
killed an estimated 230,000 people near Indian Ocean coastlines,
including more than 160,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province.

Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.


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