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2nd LD Writethru: 7.1 magnitude quake hits central Indonesia

Xinhua, February 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale jolted East Nusa Tenggara in central Indonesia Friday evening, the country's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said, without issuing a tsunami warning.

The quake struck at 20:40 p.m. Jakarta time (1340 GMT) with the epicenter initially determined to be 104 km northwest Flores Timur of East Nusa Tenggara, at depth of 572 km, an official of the agency told Xinhua by phone.

"This is a deep quake and there is no potential for a tsunami," the official said.

Indonesia is prone to quake as it lies on a vulnerable quake- nit zone so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire." Endi