JAKARTA, Sept 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s eastern Maluku province early today (Thursday), but there was no risk of a tsunami, the Meteorology and Geophysics agency said.
The agency revised the quake’s magnitude down to 6.5 from an earlier measurement of 6.8, official at the agency, Ali Imron, said.
The tremor of the quake caused minor damages to infrastructure facilities, disaster agency officials said.
The quake rocked at 6:46 a.m. Jakarta time today (2346 GMT Wednesday), with the epicentre 40 km northeast of Ambon, the provincial capital, at a depth of 10 km.
“This quake is not potential to trigger tsunami, so that no warning was issued,” official at the agency, Alfart Abubakar, said.
An aftershock of 5.6 magnitude followed the main shock at 7:39 a.m. Jakarta time (0039 GMT), the agency said.
The jolts of the quake caused minor damages to a building of Patimura university and cracks on a bridge in the city, spokesman of National Disaster Management Agency, Agus Wibowo, said.
Indonesia is vulnerable to earthquake as the country lies on a quake-prone zone of the “Pacific Ring of Fire.”– NNN-ANTARA