7.2 magnitude earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

Updated 8:39 AM –

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, prompting a tsunami warning that was later lifted.

The epicenter was located 150 km (93 miles) northwest of Halmahera Island in eastern Indonesia, at a depth of 48 km.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage.

The quake occurred around 13:06 pm local time (0606 GMT) off the coast of Sulawesi island, shaking nearby islands and forcing residents to flee in panic.

“People felt the quake for between 15 and 20 seconds. The tremors were very long,” said an AFP journalist on Morotai island in the Maluku archipelago.

“Some people went out because they were afraid of the buildings collapsing.”

The NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said in its updated post-quake warning that the tsunami threat had passed.

She said that earlier tsunamis may hit coastal areas 300 km from the epicenter.

The earthquake has also been revised down from the initial magnitude 7.2 reported by the USGS.

The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), which gave the strength at 7.1, warned of possible aftershocks.

The earthquake was followed by five aftershocks, the largest of which had a magnitude of 5.3, said Daryono, head of the agency’s earthquake and tsunami center who goes by the same name as many Indonesians.

– January earthquake –

A powerful earthquake struck the ocean depths in eastern Indonesia earlier this month, damaging homes and schools.

The 7.6-magnitude earthquake caused roofs and walls to collapse in homes on the worst-hit Tanimbar Islands in the Maluku archipelago.

Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its location on the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire,” where tectonic plates collide.

On November 21, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck West Java province on the main island of Java in Indonesia, killing 602 people.

Most of the victims were killed when buildings collapsed or in landslides caused by the quake.

The 2018 earthquake and resulting tsunami on the island of Sulawesi killed more than 4,000 people.

A major earthquake off Sumatra on December 26, 2004 triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 230,000 people as far away as Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.

This powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake caused waves 100 feet high to crash into Banda Aceh Beach in Sumatra.

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