5.9-magnitude earthquake jolts off eastern Indonesia

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Thursday, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The agency reported the quake happened at 09:00 a.m. Jakarta time (0200 GMT) with its epicenter being 131 km southwest of Maluku Tenggara (Southeast of Maluku) district, and at a depth of 154 km under the seabed.

The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger giant waves, the agency said.