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Urgent: 5.1-magnitude quake hits 63km SSE of Bitung, Indonesia -- USGS

Xinhua,January 07, 2018 Adjust font size:

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted 63km SSE of Bitung, Indonesia at 15:39:44 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 83.49 km, was initially determined to be at 0.9071 degrees north latitude and 125.3788 degrees east longitude. Enditem