Earthquake Rocks E. Indonesia

LAMPUKUNING-A SHALLOW earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit eastern parts of Indonesia on Monday (27/7), with no report of damage or casualty, Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said here.
The quake jolted at 18:16 Jakarta time (1116 GMT) with epicenter at 237 km southwest of Ambon in Maluku province and at 10 km in depth, the agency said.
Indonesia with over 230 million population sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called the Pacific Ring of Fire, where two continental plates, stretching from western hemisphere to Japan, meet, causing frequent seismic and volcanic movements. [Editor: Anne Tang/CHINAVIEW]