5.6-magnitude quake strikes off central Indonesia

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 5 : An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted East Nusa Tenggara province in central parts of Indonesia on Thursday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here.
The quake struck 12:06 p.m. Jakarta time (0506 GMT) with the epicenter at 62 km northwest Larantuka sub-district of Flores Timur district and the depth at 540 km under sea bed. The quake did not potentially trigger a tsunami.

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