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A 6.1-magnitude quake hit the eastern Indonesia island of Timor on Thursday, shaking the provincial capital and forcing residents to run outside, US seismologists said.
The quake struck at a depth of 36.1 kilometres on the west of Timor island near the city of Kupang, according to the US Geological Survey.The tremor was strongly felt in Kupang on the island split between Indonesian territory in the west and the sovereign state of East Timor in the east, according to an AFP journalist, but no casualties were reported.
“I was shocked to see several residents running out of their houses because the earthquake was so strong.” Indonesia experiences frequent earthquakes due to its position on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
In November last year, a 5.6-magnitude quake hit the populous West Java province on the country’s main island of Java, killing 602 people.DILG backs plan to file charges vs. teachers, cops over delays in BSKE
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