Jakarta (ANTARA News) - An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale occurred on Saturday at 03.44 WIB on 46 kilometers northwest of the Siau Tagulandang Biaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi.

According to the official portal of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) accessed Saturday morning, the epicenter was at 2.57 North Latitude and 125.06 East Longitude.

The earthquake at a depth of 189 kilometers is not expected to cause a tsunami.

Recently, Lombok has been hit by strong earthquakes leaving more than 460 people dead.

Reporting by Dewanto Samodro

Editing by Eliswan



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