Jakarta, April 11 -- An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hit Malang District, East Java Province, on Sunday at 6:54 a.m. local time, following a powerful earthquake that rocked the region on Saturday.

The aftershock did not have potential to trigger a tsunami, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

The quake's epicenter was located at the coordinates of 8.84 degree southern latitude and 112.41 degree eastern longitude, some 80 km southwest of Malang, and at a depth of 98 kilometers.

Malang and Blitar were hit by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake on Saturday (10/4) at 2 p.m. local time.

BMKG Head of Earthquake and Tsunami Mitigation Division Daryono said the earthquake had a broad spectrum of shocks that were felt ...