Moderate earthquake jolts Maluku, Indonesia (People's Daily)

7 September 2008, 1:13 am

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shocked Maluku province of Indonesia on Sunday morning but there is no reports of casualties or material losses. The quake, which hit the area at 06:02 a.m. local time, was not in potential of creating tsunami waves, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said. The epicenter of the quake was 77 km northwest of Malukus' Samlaki Sea at ...... read more

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