Seismic peak log. Archival photoMOSCOW, April 10 An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hit Indonesia, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was recorded on Saturday at 21.22 UTC time (Sunday 0.22 Moscow time). The epicenter of the tremors was located 118 kilometers from the village of Abepura in the Indonesian province of Papua on the island of New Guinea. The outbreak lay at a depth of 49 kilometers. There was no information about possible casualties and destruction. Indonesia is part of the so-called «Pacific Ring of Fire» — a powerful tectonic fault. The plate that forms the bottom of the Indian Ocean is «squeezing» under the Asian plate here, of which Sumatra is a part. The accumulated energy is often released in the form of tremors of gigantic magnitude and violent volcanic eruptions. Prior to this, the USGS reported that a magnitude 6.2 earthquake had struck off the coast of the Pacific nation of Vanuatu. .jpg» />Three earthquakes were recorded on the west coast of Japan
