Moderate quake rocks E Indonesia
09:59, 7 April 2011
JAKARTA. April 7. KAZINFORM A moderate earthquake measuring 5. 0 on the Richter scale jolted eastern parts of Indonesia on Thursday, the country's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The quake struck at 03:16 a.m. Jakarta time Thursday (2016 GMT Wednesday) with epicenter at 184 km southwest Fakfak of Irian Barat, the agency said.
Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone so called the " Pacific Ring of Fire." Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com