Strong Earthquakes Strike Off Indonesia and Japan, No Immediate Damage Reported
A magnitude 6.2 quake hit eastern Indonesia and a 6.1 tremor occurred near Okinawa on Friday, with authorities ruling out tsunami threats and no casualties confirmed so far.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia and a separate magnitude 6.1 tremor hit near Japan’s Okinawa islands on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). No immediate reports of casualties or damage were available for either event, authorities said.
The Indonesian quake occurred at 11:31 a.m. local time, centered 58 kilometers west of Tobelo in North Maluku province at a depth of 120 kilometers, the USGS reported. Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) measured the depth at 100 kilometers and said the earthquake did not pose a tsunami threat. Shaking was felt as far as Ternate, Tidore, and Morotai, according to local media, but no structural damage or injuries had been reported by Friday afternoon.
The Japan earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.1, struck at 1:04 p.m. local time about 136 kilometers north-northeast of Hirara in Okinawa Prefecture at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said. Japanese authorities did not issue a tsunami advisory. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the remote offshore epicenter.
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The USGS records a 6.2 magnitude quake off Indonesia; no casualties.
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