 Strong earthquakes struck North MalukuWednesday, damaging scores of houses, one school and worshiphouse, Antara news agency reported. The 6.6-magnitude quake, however, did not trigger a tsunami. "Report from local police said that ten houses, one mosque,and one school building in Morotai island, North Halmahera regency, North Maluku province were destroyed," North Maluku police spokesman Comr. Ramli said Wednesday.The U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site that the quakewas centered 70 kilometers (45 miles) beneath the sea and 216 kilometers (134 miles) northeast of Ternate, the capital of North Maluku province. |