Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands hit by 5.1-magnitude quake


BEIJING: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted the Tanimbar Islands region, Indonesia at 2244 GMT on Sunday (Oct 19), the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 7.53 degrees south latitude and 130.73 degrees east longitude. - Xinhua

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