Jakarta (ANTARA News) - An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook Ujung Kulon, Banten Province, on Saturday, at 4.31 am local time.

The quake`s epicenter was located at 7.09 degrees southern latitude and 103.72 degrees eastern longitude , at a depth of 10 km below sea level, the National Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said here on Saturday.

The temblor, which was around 199 km southwest of Ujung Kulon, and 212 km southwest Krui, Lampung Province, did not have any potential to trigger a tsunami.
(Uu.F001/H-NG)

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