An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted Saumlaki, the capital of Maluku Tenggara Barat District of Indonesian Maluku Province, on Tuesday. According to (ANTARA) News Agency, the quake''s epicenter was located at 7.13 degrees southern latitude and 130.29 degrees eastern longitude, around 147 km northwest of Saumlaki, and at a depth of 132 km, Benny Sipolo, the head of the Ambon geophysical station said. The temblor, however, did not have potential to trigger a subsequent tsunami. Maluku Province is basically prone to tremors and tsunami because its location which is in the melting plot of three major faults, namely the Pacific, Indo-Australia and Eurasia.
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