January 23, 2005

Quake in Indonesia

No more news than this: bq. HK Observatory Reports Big Quake in Indonesia A large earthquake hit Sulawesi, Indonesia, early on Monday, the Hong Kong Observatory said. bq. The quake, measured at 6.1 on the Richter scale at 4.15 a.m. (1515 EST) in Hong Kong, was centered about 25 miles south-southwest of Palu, the observatory reported. bq. It gave no further information. bq. The quake comes less than a month after the magnitude 9.0 Dec. 26 quake in the west of Indonesia that generated a tsunami, killing as many as 234,000 people around the Indian Ocean rim. Posted by DaveH at January 23, 2005 4:37 PM