Earthquake shakes western Indonesia

Indonesia’ meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency announced that a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit off the country's western province of Banten on January 3 morning, yet did not trigger a tsunami.

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes western Indonesia on January 3

The agency said that the epicenter was situated 77 km southwest of Sukabumi regency and a depth of 63 km.

On January 2, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck off East Nusa Tenggara province in central Indonesia. The earthquake’s epicenter was situated 16 km southwest of Kupang regency and a depth of 37 km.

Indonesia, an archipelagic nation, has been frequently hit by earthquakes for its location on a vulnerable quake-jolted area called "the Pacific Ring of Fire"./.

VNA