#tectonic plates

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Moderate quake shakes Japan`s Honshu: USGS

A moderate 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the south coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu late Monday, US ...

Papua New Guinea rattled by 6.3 quake

The Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea was rattled by a powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake Monday, but ...

6.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Malang

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Malang district in East Java at 7.17 am local time on ...

RI sits on Pacific "ring of fire" : official

Indonesia sits on the so-called Pacific "ring of fire", a volcanologically active terrestrial chain where earthquakes ...

Maluku needs more tsunami warning sirens

The eastern province of Maluku is in need of more tsunami warning sirens as the region is prone to earthquakes. ...

North Sulawesi one of RI`s earthquake-prone regions

North Sulawesi province is one of Indonesia`s earthquake-prone regions as geographically it is surrounded by a number ...

Strong 6.6 quake hits Papua New Guinea

A remote region of Papua New Guinea was rattled by a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake Thursday, seismologists said, but ...