5.8-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 hit Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Sunday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The quake jolted at 02:22 a.m. Jakarta time (0122 GMT) with the epicenter at 204 km northwest Maluku Tenggara district and the shallow at 10 km under the sea bed.

The tremors did not potentially trigger a tsunami. (/Xinhua)

( With inputs from ANI )

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