There was an earthquake in Indonesia today. I didn't find a reporting of the quake in the "Jakarta Post." The journalists probably have a degree of difficulty in getting to the quake zone to report. It would be correct to assume there are deaths and injuries with the lack of direct reporting.


The quake is somewhat remote from the long chain of island that is Indonesia.

February 12, 2016
By AFP


A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake (click here) struck eastern Indonesia late Friday, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued, US seismologists said.
The earthquake hit at 5:02 pm local time (1002 GMT Friday), the US Geological Survey said, and was centred three kilometres (two miles) east-southeast of Andekantor in the Sumba region at a depth of 30 kilometres.
The Indonesian disaster mitigation agency said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties....

Nearby Cities (click here)

1. 3km (2mi) ESE of Andekantor, Indonesia
2. 94km (58mi) W of Waingapu, Indonesia
3. 132km (82mi) SSW of Labuhanbajo, Indonesia
4. 145km (90mi) SSE of Bima, Indonesia
5. 688km (428mi) W of Dili, East Timor

Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said he had not been able to contact anyone from the affected area since all communication with West Sumba Regency through satellite phone, mobile phone and radio had been cut off.
He said that the communications infrastructure in the affected area was already limited due to its remote location....

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