6.0-magnitude quake jolts central Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

JAKARTA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off Gorontlo province of central Indonesia on Saturday evening, but was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here.

The quake rocked at 19 : 12 p.m. Jakarta time (1212 GMT) with epicenter at 40 km southwest of Boalemo town and the depth at 100 km under seabed, official of the agency Wahyu Kurniawan told Xinhua by phone.

Indonesia is prone to quake as it sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called the Pacific Ring of Fire.