5.0 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia

Jakarta: A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Banda Sea on Sunday. According to the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, the epicenter of the earthquake was at 7.30 degrees south latitude and 129.27 degrees east longitude. According to the report of Xinhua news agency, the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 98.4 km from the earth’s surface. No tsunami related warning has been issued. There are currently no reports of loss of life or property as a result of the earthquake. The archipelagic country Indonesia is located in a sensitive seismic zone called the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’. Earthquakes occur frequently here.