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Moderate earthquake hits Indonesia

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-06-08 00:20

HONG KONG - An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Molucca Sea, Indonesia at 22:27 Jakarta time (1527 GMT) on Monday,the US Geological Survey said.

The epicenter was initially determined to be at 0.278 degrees south latitude and 124.579 degrees east longitude, about 190 km east-south-east of Corontalo, Sulawesi Province.

There is no report of damage or casualty as yet.