Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sumba Island

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sumba on Sunday, with no immediate reports of casualties, significant damage, or a tsunami warning issued. The quake hit at 06:55 local time (22:55 GMT Saturday) at a depth of 45 kilometers, with its epicenter located 39.4 kilometers from Tambolaka, according to the US Geological Survey. Indonesian media report no damage or victims so far. Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismically active zone experiencing about 7,000 quakes annually. In December 2004, a major earthquake off northern Sumatra triggered a tsunami killing over 226,000 people across the Indian Ocean region.