5.0-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia

Updated: Mar 10th, 2024

Indonesia Earthquake

A 5.0 magnitude quake jolted Indonesia’s Banda Sea today.

The temblor was epicentred at 7.30 degrees south latitude and 129.27 degrees east longitude, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

Its depth was 98.4 km, as per news reports. It has not prompted any tsunami advisories.

There have been no initial reports of damage or casualties as a result of the earthquake.

Indonesia, an archipelagic nation, has been frequently rocked by earthquakes for its location on a vulnerable quake-jolted area called the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’.

More details are awaited.

(Source: IANS)

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