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M6.7 quake occurs 141km NNE of Palue, Indonesia
EQD:
Magnitude 6.7 mww
Location: 7.236°S 123.040°E
Depth: 549.2 km
Time: 2017-10-24 10:47:47 (UTC)
Source: USGS
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Mount Rokatenda Erupts, Kills 6 People
Posted by feww on August 10, 2013
Restive Mount Rokatenda on Palue, Indonesia, finally erupts
Mount Rokatenda, located on the small island of Palue about 2,000km east of Jakarta, erupted spewing ash and rocks more than 2,000 meter into the air.
Hot ash and lava from the eruption fell on a nearby beach, killing at least 6 people including 2 children, officials said.
Rokatenda has been restive since last October, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of villagers.
The eruption started at 04:27 on Saturday (20:27 UTC Friday) and lasted for about 4 hours, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
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Mount Rokatenda is one of about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands. Much of the country sits along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an area crisscrossed by numerous fault lines and prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Mount Merapi’s 2010 eruption in central Java left up to 400 people dead and more than 250,000 others displaced.
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