5.8-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia

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JAKARTA, March 7, 2021 (BSS/XINHUA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8
hit Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku on Sunday, the meteorology and
geophysics agency said.

The quake jolted at 02:22 a.m. Jakarta time (0122 GMT) with the epicenter
at 204 km northwest Maluku Tenggara district and the shallow at 10 km under
sea bed.

The tremors did not potentially trigger a tsunami.