An earthquake with magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked north Sulawesi province in eastern part of Indonesia Tuesday, Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said here, but there is no tsunami warning and immediate report of casualty or damages.
The quake struck at 10:37 Jakarta time (0337 GMT) with epicenter at 138 kilometers southeast Bitung town of the province and at 35 kilometers under sea bed, an official of the agency Rahma Baharuddin said.
"The quake is not potential for tsunami," she told Xinhua.
An official of the country's Disaster Management Agency who goes with single name Saini said so far there was no immediate report of casualties or damages.
Indonesia sits on a vulnerable zone so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire" where two continental plates, stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia, meet that cause frequent volcanic movements.
Source: Xinhua
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