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6.8-magnitude quake rocks West Halmahera
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6.8-magnitude undersea earthquake rocked West Halmahera regency, North Maluku, on Wednesday night but it did not have the potential to cause a tsunami, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said.
The earthquake was centered 1.99 degrees north and 126.50 degrees east or 135 km southwest of West Halmahera at a depth of 10 km, the agency said in its official website.
The agency recorded at least four aftershocks of lower intensity within 30 minutes of the first earthquake occurring at 9:.33 p.m.
The last aftershock with a magnitude of 5.0 occurred at 10:02 p.m., it said.
The National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) said the first earthquake was felt strongly by local people for five seconds.
"The local residents were a little bit panicked," BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a written statement made available to Antara news agency on Wednesday night. (hhr)
