JAKARTA– An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.8, struck off North Sulawesi province, in the central parts of Indonesia yesterday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here.

The quake hit at 10:16 a.m. Jakarta time (1516 GMT), with the epicentre at 119 km south-east of Bitung town, and the shallow at 10 km under the sea bed.

The quake will not potentially trigger giant waves of tsunami, the agency said.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK