JAKARTA, Mac 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – An earthquake, measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale, struck off Indonesia’s province of East Java yesterday, without triggering a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The undersea quake, rocked at 11:22 a.m. Jakarta time (0422 GMT), with its epicentre situated at 132 km north-east of Tuban regency, and a depth of 10 km, the agency said.
No tsunami alert was issued by the agency, as the tremors would not potentially trigger giant waves.
Indonesia, an archipelagic country, is prone to earthquakes, for its location along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes.– NNN-ANTARA
