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Quake of 6.1-magnitude hits Timor island
The agency said the epicentre of the quake was on land at a depth of 75 kilometres (46.6 miles), and it was felt in Kupang, in East Nusa Tenggara.
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The earthquake struck at 2:33 p.m. Jakarta time with an epicenter 56 kilometers northwest of Saumlaki village in Maluku at a depth of 63 kilometers. The scale of the earthquake then updated by the agency to the magnitude of 6. (Twitter/@infoBMKG)
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6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Timor island on Thursday, the meteorology and geophysics agency (BMKG) said on social media platform X, adding there was no potential for a tsunami.
The agency said the epicentre of the quake was on land at a depth of 75 kilometres (46.6 miles), and it was felt in Kupang, in East Nusa Tenggara.
Christa Elim, a Kupang resident, said she and her husband ran out of a shophouse after feeling tremors.
"It was quite strong. I felt it twice like I was shoved off a chair," she said via telephone.
There were no reports of damage or casualties in some of the areas impacted by the quake, including Kupang, the local search and rescue agency said in a statement.
BMKG initially said the temblor's magnitude was 6.2.
Indonesia straddles the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire", a seismically active zone, where different plates on the Earth's crust meet, triggering a large number of earthquakes and volcanic activity.
