5.7 quake hits Timor sea region

By IANS
Saturday, May 8, 2010

HONG KONG - A earthquake of magnitude 5.7 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia’s Timor sea region at around 0202 GMT Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The epicentre of the quake was about 274 km southwest of Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands, at a depth of 56 km.

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