Magnitude 5.9 earthquake jolts eastern Indonesia

The authority did not issue a tsunami warning as the tremors would not potentially trigger giant waves

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Published: Tue 27 Aug 2024, 12:06 PM

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia's eastern Maluku province on Tuesday morning without generating large waves, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The agency initially reported the earthquake as a magnitude 6.2, but later revised it to a magnitude 5.9.


The authority did not issue a tsunami warning as the tremors would not potentially trigger giant waves.

Indonesia, located in the 'Pacific Ring of Fire,' is prone to earthquakes.


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