Another moderate-intensity quake jolts Kupang

An earthquake, measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale, has again jolted Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara province, at 11:44 a.m. local time on Monday.

According to the Local Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the epicenter of the quake was located at 10.20 degrees southern latitude and 123.61 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 14 kilometers, and two kilometers southeast of Kupang.

Mondays earthquake was the fourth after a moderate-intensity quake, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, rocked the city at 12:35 p.m. local time on Saturday.

The BMKG reported that although Saturdays quake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, it was strong enough to prompt the local people to flee their houses in panic.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 10.29 degrees southern latitude and 123.65 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 16 kilometers.

A day earlier, on Friday, two moderate quakes, respectively measuring 2.2 and 3.1 on the Richter scale, hit Kupang and Manggarai districts, but there were no immediate reports of damage and casualties.

The Indonesian archipelago, lying in an area of intense seismic activity where several tectonic plates collide, experiences frequent earthquakes.
Source: ANTARA