JAKARTA, July 7 (NNN-ANTARA) – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, rocked Indonesia’s western Central Java province on Tuesday morning (this morning), the meteorology and geophysics agency said.
The agency did not issue a warning for tsunami.
The quake struck at 5: 54 a.m. Jakarta time, Tuesday (2254 GMT Monday), with the epicentre at 53 km northwest Jepara, of the province and a depth of 578 km under the sea bed.
Indonesia has been frequently jolted by earthquakes, as it lies on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called “the Pacific Ring of Fire.”– NNN-ANTARA
