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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tremor of the quake caused minor damages to infrastructure facilities, disaster agency officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This quake is not potential to trigger tsunami, so that no warning was issued,” official at the agency, Alfart Abubakar, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An aftershock of 5.6 magnitude followed the main shock at 7:39 a.m. Jakarta time (0039 GMT), the agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indonesia is vulnerable to earthquake as the country lies on a quake-prone zone of the “Pacific Ring of Fire.”– NNN-ANTARA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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