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6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia

By IANS | Updated: February 17, 2023 17:00 IST

Jakarta, Feb 17 A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Friday, but did not ...

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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.

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