6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia

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6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia

February 18, 2023
Updated: 03:02 am

6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia

Jakarta, Feb 17 : A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Friday, but did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The weather agency had first reported the quake as 6.6-magnitude before revising it to 6.4, Xinhua News Agency reported. The earthquake happened at 16:37 p.m. local time (0937 GMT), with its epicenter situated 124 km southwest of Southeast Maluku Regency of the province and a depth of 32 km under the seabed, the meteorology agency said. /IANS

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