A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Gunung Sitoli in North Sumatra at 9.54 am local time on Tuesday, ANTARA reported. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located 115 kilometers southwest of Gunungsitolo 1.13 degrees northern latitude and 96.57 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 28 kilometers under the sea level. BMKG said the epicenter of the earthquake with no potential of triggering a tsunami was also located 151 kilometers southeast of Sinabang, 186 kilometers southwest of Singkilbaru, and 145 kilometers southeast of Tapaktuan in Aceh.
