Moderate quake rocks eastern Indonesia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude of 5.2 struck Indonesia's eastern province of West Nusa Tenggara on Friday, the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here.

The quake jolted at 12:45 p.m. Jakarta time (0545 GMT) with epicenter at 50 km southwest Raba of the province and with the depth at 25 km under seabed, an official of the agency named only Jabar told Xinhua.

Eighteen minutes later, an aftershock measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted the province with epicenter at 46 km northwest Raba and with the depth at 30 km under seabed, he said.

Source: Xinhua