NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 17 km E of Amahai, Indonesia at 22:10:02 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 61.922 km, was initially determined to be at 3.3112 degrees south latitude and 129.0715 degrees east longitude.