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Posted on February 5, 2025
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A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit off Indonesia's North Maluku coast. No tsunami risk reported, and no immediate damage noted.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's North Maluku on Wednesday, the geophysics agency said.
The agency on social media platform X said the quake, which was 81 km (50 miles) deep, had no tsunami potential.
There were no immediate reports of damage. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Indonesia straddles the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the Earth's crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanic activity.
(Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing by Martin Petty)
The article discusses a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred off the coast of Indonesia's North Maluku.
No, the geophysics agency stated there was no tsunami potential from this earthquake.
The Pacific Ring of Fire is a seismically active zone where Earth's plates meet, causing earthquakes and volcanic activity.
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