6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

JAKARTA -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Friday, but did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The weather agency had first reported the quake as 6.6-magnitude before revising it to 6.4.

The earthquake happened at 16:37 pm local time (0937 GMT), with its epicenter situated 124 km southwest of Southeast Maluku Regency of the province and a depth of 32 km under the seabed, the agency said.