6.0-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Western Indonesia

6.0-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Western Indonesia

JAKARTA, May 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s western province of Bengkulu early today, but it was not potential for a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake hit at 01:58 a.m. Tuesday Jakarta Time (1858 GMT Monday), with the epicentre at 51 km south-west of Enggano Island, and the shallow of 10 km under the seabed, the agency said.– NNN-ANTARA  

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