A powerful earthquake occurred in Indonesia today (9 January) at the Talaud Islands has shocked the people of that country. A massive struck felt by Talaud, one of the islands in Indonesia today at 02.18am IST. India’s National Center for Seismology (NCS) has reported in its X social media handle that an tremor measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale has struck off Indonesia’s Talaud Islands.
According to the National Seismological Center of India, the epicenter of this was at 4.75 latitude and 126.38 longitude and this has occurred at a depth of 80 Km under the earth.
As the buildings and houses shook due to this disaster, people left their houses and buildings and took shelter on the streets. Information about the damage caused by this disaster and life loss is not released yet.
Indonesia & natural disasters
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia last week (30 December 2023). It shook with a depth of 10Km in Aceh Province, a coastal town in Indonesia. These series of natural disaster put the people of Indonesia in cold fear.
Indonesia is frequently affected by natural disasters like earthquake, volcanic eruptions etc., because it is geographically located on the “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific Basin, which is an arc of volcanoes and fault lines.
Earthquake around the world
Similarly, Japan has also been affected by a series of earthquakes for the past few months. It is assumed that nearly 100 people were died and more than 200 people were missing in this. Also the country’s infrastructure was severely affected especially in the western part of the country and the lives of the people were disturbed in those regions due to this disaster.
Afghanistan also faces series of earthquakes this year in Jan 3 with the vibrations which is recorded as 4.4, 4.8 and 5.1 respectively on the Richter scale. People faces heavy damages and loss due to this.
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