1st LD: Strong quake strikes off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

An earthquake measuring 6.2 Richter scale jolted eastern parts of Indonesia on Sunday evening, but was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The quake hit at 21 : 46 p.m. Jakarta time (1446 GMT) with epicenter at 52 km northwest Halmahera of Maluku Utara province, and depth at 117 km under sea bed, an official of the agency told Xinhua by phone.

Indonesia sits on a quake-hit zone so called the "Pacific Ring of Fire," making it vulnerable to quake. Enditem