An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale (SR) shook Ruteng, the capital of Manggarai, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, on Tuesday afternoon at 10.30 WIT, said Chief Goefisika Station, Kupang, Margiono, in Kupang.
Data obtained from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Kupang, said the epicenter was at 8:42 South Latitude (LS) and 120.71 east longitude (BT) or 35 KM Northeast Ruteng.
According Margiono, earthquake shocks that are not potentially tsunami that has a depth of 172 kilometers below sea level.
"The earthquake was located at 35 km Northeast Ruteng, Manggarai of West Flores was felt the community in the country" Congka Sae "or the rising sun on the II-III MMI, so spontaneous scrambled out of the house to save themselves," he said.
According Margiono, Manggarai district of the island of Flores is one of the areas most prone to earthquakes than in Sikka regency Maumere skipped because of its location in the world's three major plates.
"Every time an earthquake could occur in these areas because of its location passed the Indian tectonic plates, or slabs EuroAsia Indo or Australia with the Pacific plate," he said.
Pacific Plate moves westward, the Indian plate moving north, then south toward the Asian plate, a meeting was held in the Banda Sea to the waters of Southeast Maluku.
He said the Kupang BMKG intensive monitoring of the possibility of an earthquake with the strength of the given number of territories in the region's most earthquake-prone Flores.
"We intensively monitored in order to anticipate the possibility of aftershocks since the district and Flores is generally earthquake-prone areas,
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