An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku Thursday, but there is no immediate report of damages.

The Jakarta-based geophysics agency said in a release the quake occurred at 12:48 local time (03:48 GMT) and was centered 154 km east of the provincial capital of Ambon.

According to the agency, there has been hardly a single day passes without earthquake across the country since a magnitude-5.9 quake rocked central Java and killed more than 5,800 people on May 27.

Source: Xinhua