A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi Province on Tuesday, but caused no damage or casualties, according to the country’s weather service.
The earthquake struck at 13:02 p.m. local time, according to the Indonesian Agency for Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysics (0602 GMT).
It has an epicentre 30 kilometres southeast of Parigi Moutong District and a depth of 87 kilometres under land.
The agency added that the tremors of the quake did not potentially trigger a tsunami.
The jolts of the quake were felt weakly in parts of Central Sulawesi Province, and there were no reports of damages or casualties.
This is including in the hardest-hit area, said Riki Hapri, an officer of the emergency unit of the provincial disaster and mitigation agency.
Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone, the Pacific Ring of Fire. (Xinhua/NAN)