6.2-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku early Wednesday, but it was not potential for a tsunami.

The quake struck at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday local time (1925 GMT Tuesday), with the epicenter at 86 km northeast of Maluku Barat Daya district and the depth of 131 km under seabed, Xinhua reported citing the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency.

The intensity of the quake was felt at II to III MMI (on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale) in Saumlaki, a city of Tanimbar Island district and Maluku Barat Daya district, it said.

The quake was caused by subduction at Banda Sea, originating from an oblique thrust fault, the agency’s head of the Quake and Tsunami Department Bambang Setiyo Prayitno said in a statement.

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