Strong earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued-Xinhua

Strong earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2023-06-04 09:18:00

JAKARTA, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Sunday morning, but did not potentially trigger a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The earthquake occurred at 07:25 a.m. local time (0025 GMT) with its epicenter located at 154 km northwest of Kepulauan Tanimbar (Maluku Tenggara Barat) district and a depth of 153 km under the seabed, the agency said.

The tremors of the earthquake did not have the potential to trigger giant waves.