JAKARTA, Jul 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s eastern North Maluku province early today, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency reported.
The quake occurred at 04:30 a.m. Jakarta time, today (2130 GMT Friday), with the epicentre located 104 kilometres south-west of Doi Island, in North Halmahera Regency, at a depth of 58 kilometres beneath the seabed.
No tsunami warning was issued, as the tremors were not expected to generate large waves.– NNN-ANTARA