1st LD: 6.4-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued
Xinhua,March 26, 2018 Adjust font size:
JAKARTA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted 214 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia at 20:14:47 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 171.51 km, was initially determined to be at 6.6546 degrees south latitude and 129.8659 degrees east longitude.
Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency reported earlier that an earthquake measuring 6.9 Richter scale jolted Maluku province of eastern Indonesia early Monday morning.
No alert for tsunami was issued, an official of the meteorology and geophysics agency, Yusuf Moktarali, told Xinhua by phone. Enditem