Strong 6.6-magnitude quake hits off coast of Indonesia
- No immediate reports of damage or casualties
- Residents fled from their homes as quake struck early on Monday
A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian coast early Monday, sending residents running out of their homes, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The quake hit at a depth of 60km (40 miles) under the Maluku Sea, some 175km north northwest of the city of Ternate, according to the USGS.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and Indonesia’s geophysics agency did not issue a tsunami alert.
“We felt the quake and some people got out of their house but there was no real panic. There is no damage in my area,” said a man from Ternate called Budi, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.
Bani Nasution, a man who was in the city of Manado when the quake struck, told AFP: “I ran out of my house and so did other people here, but we’ve all returned to our houses now.”
A series of aftershocks also rocked the area.
