JAKARTA: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Philippine Sea and Indonesia early Tuesday, reported local media.
As per the volcano discovery website, the earth measuring 5.3 on the Richter struck at 1:59 a.m. local time. It was reported 53.3 kilometres deep and was felt in several parts of, Indonesia and Philippine Sea.
Indonesia, in Southeast Asia, known as Pacific Ring of Fire is located in a highly active seismic zone where different plates on the Earth’s crust gather and trigger a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes in the area.
