A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku, the meteorology office in Maluku said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The quake struck at 0420 IST at a depth of 72 kilometres some 194 kilometres northwest of Saumlaki town in Maluku province, the office said in a statement.
The quake was followed by an aftershock of magnitude 6.0, Andi Zulfikar from the geophysics headquarters here told a news agency.
Indonesia was the nation worst hit by the quake-triggered Asian tsunami in December 2004, which killed 168,000 people in the country’s Aceh province alone.
The Indonesian archipelago sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire where continental plates meet and cause frequent seismic and volcanic activity. courtsey: AIR