NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted 156 km northwest of Saumlaki, Indonesia, at 19:16:51 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 73.01 km, was initially determined to be at 6.7903 degrees south latitude and 130.4976 degrees east longitude.