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Moderate earthquake shakes Indonesia
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by Amy Judd | May 2, 2008 at 08:50 pm
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UPDATE: 2:43AM EST
The epicenter of the tremor, which was 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep and struck at 10:53 am (0353 GMT), was 53 kilometers southeast of Mukomuko city, according to meteorology and geophysics agency.
The tremor was felt in Padang, about 244 kilometers northwest of the epicenter, the agency's geologist Anas Fauzi told Agence France-Presse.
The US Geological Survey also clocked the quake at 5.7.
Yet another earthquake has hit Indonesia's Sumatra island.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook the southern coastline of Indonesia's Sumatra island Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The moderate quake hit at 10:53 a.m. local time about 87 miles (40 km) northwest of Bengkulu, or about 336 miles (541 km) south-southwest of Singapore.
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at 20:51 on May 2nd, 2008
It will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.
at 12:29 on May 3rd, 2008
I'm removing the urgent flag for this story for the time being.