LARGE 6.8 magnitude quake hit the BANDA SEA - Tuesday August 30, 2011

MAP

6.8

2011/08/30 06:57:41

-6.401

126.774

465.0

BANDA SEA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005lkk.php

No threat of tsunami in the Indian Ocean:

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=indian.2011.08.30.070424

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banda_Sea

Earthquakes are very frequent in the area, due to the confluence of three tectonic plates - Eurasian, Pacific and Indo-Australian plates.

SEE ALSO:

• List of Indonesian earthquakes
• List of volcanoes in Indonesia#Banda_Sea

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