JAKARTA (AFP) – A magnitude-6.6 earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern region on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, with no tsunami warning issued.
The quake struck off Halmahera island in North Maluku province at 0948 GMT at a depth of about 35 kilometres, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after the earthquake.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was “no tsunami threat” from the quake in the Molucca Sea.
But Indonesia’s geophysics agency (BMKG) advised residents in nearby areas of possible aftershocks.
Indonesia experiences frequent earthquakes due to its position on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an arc of intense seismic activity where tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
