Jakarta [Indonesia], July 7: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku earlier Friday, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The agency had earlier released the quake at 6.0 magnitude before revising it.
The earthquake happened at 00:13 a.m. Friday Jakarta Time (1713 GMT Thursday), with its epicenter located at 207 km northwest of Tanimbar Islands District and a depth of 131 km under the seabed, the agency said.
The tremors of the earthquake did not potentially trigger giant waves, it added.
Source: Xinhua
