Strong quake hits eastern Indonesia, no tsunami warning issued-Xinhua

Strong quake hits eastern Indonesia, no tsunami warning issued

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-05-27 12:24:01

JAKARTA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Friday, but no warning was issued for a possible tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake rocked at 9:36 Jakarta time (0236 GMT), with the epicenter at 85 km southwest of Maluku Barat Daya district and 104 km under seabed, the agency said.