A moderate earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted the seas northeast of Manado Indonesia at 4:31 a.m. Monday (2131 GMT, Sunday), the Hong Kong Observatory said in a news bulletin here Monday morning.
According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the epicenter was initially determined to be at 2.4 degrees north latitude and 127. 0 degrees east longitude, about 250 kilometers north-northeast of Manado Indonesia. Source: Xinhua
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