JAKARTA, Aug 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku today, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The agency reported the quake happened at 09:00 a.m. Jakarta time (0200 GMT), with its epicentre being 131 km south-west of Maluku Tenggara (South-east of Maluku) district, and at a depth of 154 km under the seabed.
The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger giant waves, the agency said.
