Jakarta (ANTARA News) - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Simeuleu district town of Sinabang, Aceh Province, on Thursday morning at 7.57 Western Indonesia Standard Time (WIB).

Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 2.49 degrees northern latitude and 95.95 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 18 kilometers under sea level.

It was also located 45 kilometers northwest of Sinabang, 160 kilometers southwest of Tapaktuan, 165 kilometers southwest of Labuhanhaji, and 1,545 kilometers northwest of Jakarta.

But so far there was no immediate report of casualty, material damage, or tsunami.
A massive tsunami, triggered by a 8.9-magnitude earthquake on December 26, 2004, swept through part of Aceh province and claimed more than 200,000 lives and left many others missing.

Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arch of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

Early Wednesday morning another earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked eastern Indonesian city of Ambon but there was no report of casualty and material damage.

BNKG said the epicenter of Wednesday`s earthquake was located at 3.32 degrees southern latitude and 127.41 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 10 km under the sea level.

It was also 90 kilometers northwest of Ambon, 211 kilometers southeast of Sanana, 297 kilometers southwest of Labuha, 455 kilometers southeast of Ternate, and 2,308 kilometers northeast of Jakarta.

West Southeast Maluku (MTB) district town of Saumlaki was also jolted by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake last Thursday, August 26, 2010 with its epicenter located 6.61 degrees southern latitude and 130.28 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 123 km below sea level, and around 190 km northwest of Saumlaki.

A day before (Wednesday), a 5.6 magnitude shook Sanana in North Maluku Province, with its epicenter located 0.98 degrees southern latitude and 124.68 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10 km under the seabed.
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