JAKARTA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted Maluku province in eastern Indonesia on Sunday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The quake struck at 15:58 p.m. local time (0858 GMT) with epicenter at 251 km northeast North Maluku Barat Daya and with a depth at 159 km, the agency said.