JAKARTA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia's eastern Maluku province on Friday morning without triggering giant waves, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The tremors occurred at 03:32 a.m. Jakarta time Friday (2032 GMT Thursday), with the epicenter being situated 121 km of Maluku Barat Daya regency at a depth of 170 km beneath the seabed, the agency said.
The agency did not issue a tsunami warning as the tremors were not expected to generate giant waves.
Indonesia, an archipelagic country, lies in a vulnerable quake-hit zone called "the Pacific Ring of Fire," making the Southeast Asian country prone to earthquakes. ■
