6.2-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Indonesia Coast - EMSC

Sumaira FH Published August 17, 2018 | 09:44 PM

6.2-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Indonesia Coast - EMSC

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale hit on Friday off the Indonesian coast in the Flores Sea, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th August, 2018) An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale hit on Friday off the Indonesian coast in the Flores Sea, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

"M6.2 earthquake strikes 123 km [76 miles] NW of Labuhanbajo (Indonesia) 17 min ago.

Read eyewitnesses' stories [and] share yours," the EMSC tweeted.

The epicenter of the quake was registered 135 km north of the Komodo Island and 255 km south of Makassar Island at a depth of about 546 km, according to the EMSC.

There has no been information on victims or tsunami risk yet, the EMSC said.

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