JAKARTA: An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Kepulauan Barat Daya in Indonesia on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) and the epicenter of the quake was at a distance of 375 km north-northeast of Kupang, Indonesia, the EMSC said.
It was the second such incident in as many days for Indonesia.
On Friday night, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Sumba region in Indonesia on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake was earlier estimated at magnitude 5.5 but was later revised to 5.3.
It was at a depth of 52 km (32.31 miles), GFZ said.
The agency did not issue a tsunami warning as the tremors would not potentially trigger giant waves.
For the record, Indonesia had already went through several earthquakes this year itself.
Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation, experiences frequent earthquakes due to its position on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity where tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
A 6.2-magnitude quake that shook Sulawesi island in January 2021 killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless.
And in 2004, a 9.1-magnitude quake struck Aceh province, causing a tsunami and killing more than 170,000 people in Indonesia.
In November last year, a 5.6-magnitude quake hit the South-East Asian nation's Java island, killing 602 people.
Most of the victims of that earthquake were killed when buildings collapsed or in landslides triggered by the tremor.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the country's Sumatra island in April, shaking homes of panicked residents but causing no casualties or damage. - Agencies
