Moderate quake rocks Indonesia's Sulawesi

Jakarta, June 06: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi early On Tuesday, the US geological survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre did not issue an alert. The tremor struck at 2.56 am local time with its epicentre 24 kilometres northeast of Manado, a coastal city in northern Sulawesi, at a depth of 16 kilometres. Indonesia is recovering from a powerful earthquake that struck Java island late last month killing nearly 5,800 people and leaving some 340,000 others homeless. Aid has been pouring into the quake-zone to assist recovery from the quake which also left 33,000 injured. Indonesia sits on the pacific "ring of fire", where the meeting of continental plates causes frequent seismic activity. http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=300345&sid=WOR