By Xinhua
Jakarta : A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked north Sulawesi province in eastern part of Indonesia Tuesday but there were no tsunami warning or immediate report of casualty or damages.
According to the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency, the quake struck at 10.37 a.m. with the epicentre 138 km southeast Bitung town of the province and at 35 km under seabed, an official of the agency Rahma Baharuddin said.
“The quake is not potential for tsunami,” she said.
Officials from the country’s Disaster Management Agency 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 and cause frequent volcanic movements.