Published: January 06, 2019
An earthquake with a revised magnitude of 6.6 struck 173km northwest of the city of Ternate, North Maluku, in the Moluccas group of islands in Indonesia late on Sunday (Monday local time), according to the US Geological Survey website.
The quake hit at a depth 60.5km, it said.
An earlier report from the USGS gave the magnitude of the quake at 7.0 and the depth of 10km.
The city of Ternate has a population of around 200,000.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement that based on the available data, there was no current tsunami threat from the event.
More details to follow.
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