5.7-magnitude quake jolts central Indonesia on Saturday afternoon (July 23)


JAKARTA, July 23 (Xinhua): A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province on Saturday, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake hit at 14:35 local time (0735 GMT), with the epicenter at 100 km northwest of the Larantuka sub-district of Flores Timur district and a depth of 13 km under the seabed.

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