Scenes show panic as a result of the strong earthquake that struck Indonesia this morning

2023-01-10 2023-01-10T12:05:30Z
رنا السيلاوي
رنا السيلاوي
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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Weather of Arabia</strong> - A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the area off the Indonesian islands of Tanimbar, causing residents to flee their homes despite the lifting of the tsunami warning three hours after the earthquake.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="in" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gempa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gempa 7,9</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Maluku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ma... Pelabuhan Yos Sudarso Tual Maluku Tenggara <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Indonesia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"... <a href="https://t.co/l8utiVvb5B">pic.twitter.com/l8utiVvb5B</a></p> — ishfaqmalik proudtobeindian (@therealishfaq) <a href="https://twitter.com/therealishfaq/status/1612627019162091520?ref_src=tws... 10, 2023</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="in" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Peringatan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"... Dini Tsunami of MALUKU,SULTRA, Gempa Mag:7.9, 10-Jan-23 00:47:34WIB, Lok:7.25LS,130.18BT,Kdlmn:131Km <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BMKG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BMKG... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gempa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gem... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pelabuhan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kotatual?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#... <a href="https://t.co/0Gx9E63WkP">pic.twitter.com/ 0Gx9E63WkP</a></p> - Zainal Marsaoly Ingratubun (@ZolaMarsaoly) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZolaMarsaoly/status/1612534580158033921?ref_src=twsr... 9, 2023</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Officials with the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said that at least 15 houses on the Tanimbar Islands and two schools were damaged in the quake, while one person was injured.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="in" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Laporan kerusakan pasca terjadinya gempa Skala 7.6 Maluku 01/10/2023 via <a href="https://twitter.com/abdulmuhari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abdulmuhari</a><br /> Cc: <a href="https://twitter.com/medcom_id?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@medcom_id</a> <a href="https://t.co/RntQTZtuir">pic.twitter.com/RntQTZtuir</a></p> — INFOMITIGASI™ (@infomitigasi) <a href="https://twitter.com/infomitigasi/status/1612622113265053699?ref_src=twsr... 10, 2023</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said that the earthquake occurred at 2:47 am local time at a depth of 130 km, and at least four aftershocks were monitored after the strong quake.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The earthquake was felt by residents in some parts of northern Australia, where deep earthquakes tend to cause less surface damage than shallow tremors, <strong>but are felt more widely.</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is noteworthy that Indonesia is frequently exposed to earthquakes due to its location on the &quot;Ring of Fire&quot; in the Pacific Ocean, which is a rift in the Pacific Ocean where most earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the world.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> More than 300 people were killed in a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that struck West Java last November.</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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