Earthquake shakes East Nusa Tenggara
Antara, Jakarta | Sat, 06/06/2009 6:50 AM
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale hit East Nusa Tenggara at 01:08 a.m. Jakarta time on Saturday.
The Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency located the epicenter of the quake at 86 kilometers beneath sea level, 84 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital of Kupang. It triggered no tsunami, the agency was quoted by Antara news agency as saying.
The quake is the fourth to have jolted Indonesia this week. On Friday morning an earthquake shook Bitung in North Sulawesi.
