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(Recast) 1st LD: 6.0-magnitude quake hits off eastern Indonesia

Xinhua, November 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday, but no tsunami alert was issued, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.

The quake, which jolted at 16:06 p.m. Jakarta time (0906 GMT), was centered 129 km northwest Maluku Tenggara Barat of Maluku province with a depth of 78 km under sea bed, an official of the agency told Xinhua.

The U.S. Geological Survey measured the tremor at 6.1 magnitude. Endit