East java: An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck Wednesday the southern part of East Java province in Indonesia.
According to Qatar News Agency, the earthquake’s epicenter was located approximately 50 km southeast of Sumenep, at a depth of 11 km below sea level, as reported by the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG).
There have been no reports of any material damage or human losses as a result of the earthquake so far. Indonesia is regularly exposed to earthquakes, as it is located on the Pacific belt known as the Ring of Fire, where many tectonic plates meet and cause frequent volcanic and seismic activity.