An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale rocked Indonesia’s Maluku province on Friday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.

The earthquake occurred at 6.11 a.m. (local time) and had its epicentre 242 km northwest of Maluku Tenggara Barat with a depth of 117 km under the sea bed, an official told Xinhua.

No casualties were reported.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes as it lies on the vulnerable “Pacific Ring of Fire”.

Source: Indo-Asian News Service