NEWS[6.6]-"Earthquake recorded in western Indonesia"
Date:	98-07-29 18:41:32 EDT
From:	hblonde1@tampabay.rr.com (New Millennium)

7/29/98 -- 4:28 PM EDT

Earthquake recorded in western Indonesia 

RESTON, Va. (AP) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck extreme western
Indonesia, 200 miles from an earthquake that caused a devastating
tsunami a week ago, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Wednesday. 

The survey's seismographs in Golden, Colo., placed the earthquake's
epicenter 125 miles west of Jaya Pura on the Indonesian island of Irian
Jaya. It struck about 3 a.m. Thursday local time, or 2 p.m. EDT
Wednesday, said USGS spokeswoman Marion Fisher. 

The quake was 200 miles west of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake of July 17,
which generated a tsunami that killed at least 1,600 people in Papua New
Guinea. 

Fisher said she had no report of damage or casualties from the new
earthquake but added that it had the potential to cause damage due to
its location and size.