BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted northern Molucca Sea at 2119 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 1.47 degrees north latitude and 126.44 degrees east longitude. ■

The US Geological Survey says an earthquake struck off the coast of Ternate, Indonesia at around 22:48 UTC on Wednesday.

A powerful earthquake rocked the Molucca Sea on Wednesday at about 12:48 p.m. HST (22:48 UTC), with early readings putting its strength in the mid-to-high 7s. Despite the serious jolt, Hawaii emergency officials say the islands are not under a tsunami threat,