Jakarta, June 4 -- An earthquake measured at over 5.3 on the Richter scale set off in Indonesia's eastern Maluku province on Wednesday, as per the country's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency.
The quake had a very shallow depth of 20 km (12 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so), according to Volcano Discovery.
The tremors occurred at 10:43 a.m. Jakarta time (0343 GMT) with the quake's epicenter located 66 km southeast of Seram Bagian Timur Regency at a depth of 20 km beneath the seabed.
The strength of the tremors was measured at III to IV MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) in the district.
Despite the intensity of the earthquake, no tsunami alert was issued by the agency as the tremors would not trigger l...