An Earthquake of 5.2 Magnitude Jolts Indonesia

Jakarta: An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 hits on the Richter Scale jolted Indonesia on Thursday

It took place around 142 km W of Tual in Indonesia at 07:30:29 (UTC+05:30).

The depth of the earthquake was registered at 90.5 km and its epicentre



was found to be at Latitude: 5.777°S and Longitude: 131.478°E respectively.

No reports of casualties or material damage are known yet.

Notably, Tual is a city in Indonesia’s Maluku Province that is geographically situated within the Kei Islands.