JAKARTA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's eastern Maluku province earlier Sunday but there was no tsunami alert issued, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The U.S. Geological Survey said a 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted 186km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia at 19:53:10 GMT on Saturday.

The epicenter, with a depth of 48.47 km, was initially determined to be at 6.5102 degrees south latitude and 130.446 degrees east longitude.