JAKARTA, Oct 2, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Two quakes struck in quick succession off
the southern coast of Indonesia’s Sumba island on Tuesday morning, the United
States Geological Survey said.
A shallow and moderately strong 5.9 quake struck at 2359 GMT, around 40
kilometres (25 miles) off Sumba, an island of some 750,000 people.
It was followed up some 15 minutes later by a stronger 6.0 magnitude quake
in the same area at a depth of 30 kilometres.
Sumba lies some 1,600 kilometres to the south of Sulawesi island which was
struck by a devastating quake and tsunami on Friday, killing more than 800
people.