JAKARTA, Jan 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, last night, without generating large waves, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency said.
The earthquake occurred at 9:53 p.m. Jakarta time (1453 GMT), with its epicentre 42 km south-east of Parigi Moutong regency, at a depth of 91 km.
Initially, the agency reported the earthquake’s magnitude as 6.1, but later revised it down to 5.8. They also noted that, no tsunami warning would be issued, as the tremors were not expected to trigger any large waves.
Indonesia, an archipelagic nation, sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called the “Pacific Ring of Fire,” making the country prone to earthquakes.– NNN-ANTARA
