The temblor`s epicenter was located at 1.27 degrees northern latitude and 97.23 degrees eastern longitude, around 41 km southwest of Gunung Sitoli, and at a depth of 57 km below sea level, Hendra Suwarta of the Medan meteorology , climatology and geophysics office, said here Tuesday.
The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami.
Reports of damage were not immediately available.
Meanwhile, last Sunday (July 3), an earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted Saumlaki, Maluku Tenggara Barat (MTB), at 23.13 local time, but claimed no lives.
The temblor`s epicenter was located at 5.99 degrees southern latitude, and 130.68 degrees eastern longitude, around 231 km northwest of Saumlaki, at a depth of 149 km below sea level, Head of the Ambon Geophysical station Sipolo said in Ambon.
Saumlaki is prone to earthquakes. Last June 10, 2011, Saumlaki was shaken by a temblor measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale.
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