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2022.02.02 07:34 GMT+8

M6.2 quake strikes off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

Updated 2022.02.02 09:32 GMT+8
CGTN

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku early Wednesday but there is no danger of a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake struck at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday local time (1925 GMT Tuesday), with the epicenter at 86 km northeast of Maluku Barat Daya district and at a depth of 131 km under the seabed, the agency added. 

There are no reports of casualties or damage from the quake.

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