6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts off central Indonesia-Xinhua

6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts off central Indonesia

Source: Xinhua| 2023-04-21 19:25:45|Editor: huaxia

JAKARTA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Friday, but did not trigger a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The agency registered the quake at 17:21 p.m. Jakarta time (1021 GMT) with its epicenter situated at 141 km southeast of the Melonguane sub-district of Talaud islands Regency and a depth of 10 km under the seabed.

The weather agency did not issue a tsunami warning as the tremors did not have the potential to trigger giant waves.

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