5.6-magnitude quake hits western Indonesia-Xinhua

5.6-magnitude quake hits western Indonesia

Source: Xinhua| 2023-01-09 21:00:00|Editor: huaxia

JAKARTA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted off Indonesia's East Java province on Monday evening, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake struck at 19:26 p.m. local time (12:26 GMT) with its epicenter located at 90 km southeast of Pacitan district and a depth of 10 km under the seabed, the agency said.

The quake did not potentially trigger a tsunami, it added.

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