(News Terupdate) - An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rattled eastern Indonesia on early Tuesday, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency. There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The agency said that the quake struck 262 kilometers northwest of Saumlaki in Maluku at 6:51 local time at a depth of 106 kilometers
The U.S Geological Survey measured the same quake at 6.2 on the Richter scale, with its epicenter located at a depth of 80 miles (128 kilometers.)
Victor Sardinia, a geophysicist from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii, told The Associated Press the quake was too small to create a tsunami risk.
Indonesia sits above a series of faults that make the vast island nation one of the most earthquake-prone places in the world.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake off West Sumatra on Sept. 30 and killed hundreds of people and toppled hundreds of homes and buildings.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Strong earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia
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