Moderate earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude of 5.0 rocked eastern parts of Indonesia on Friday, no report of damage or casualties, according to Indonesia's Meteorology Agency, reported Xinhua.

The quake struck at 13:57 Jakarta time (0657 GMT) with epicenter at 90 km southeast Melonguane of North Sulawesi and at 30 km in depth, the agency said.

Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone so called the Pacific Ring of Fire, where two continental plates meet that cause frequent seismic and volcanic movements.