Moderate quake hits eastern Indonesia
Updated: 2011-12-12 09:58
(Xinhua)
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JAKARTA - An earthquake measuring 5.0 struck off eastern parts of Indonesia earlier Monday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here.
The quake jolted at 03:18 am Jakarta time Monday (2018 GMT Sunday) with 219 km southwest Tual of Maluku and with the depth at 92 km, the agency said.
Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire."
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