
5.9-magnitude earthquake hits off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued
Jakarta, May 15 (UNI) An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted off Indonesia’s eastern Maluku province on Thursday morning, without triggering large waves, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said. The tremors occurred at 07:50 a.m. Jakarta time (0050 GMT) with the quake epicenter situated 189 km southwest of Maluku Barat Daya…