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Strong earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

Jun 04, 2023

Jakarta [Indonesia], June 4: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Sunday morning, but did not potentially trigger a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The earthquake occurred at 07:25 a.m. local time (0025 GMT) with its epicenter located at 154 km northwest of Kepulauan Tanimbar (Maluku Tenggara Barat) district and a depth of 153 km under the seabed, the agency said.
The tremors of the earthquake did not have the potential to trigger giant waves.
Source: Xinhua

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