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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes north of Halmahera
The quake was at a depth of 100 km, EMSC added.
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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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n earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck north of Halmahera island on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth of 100 km, EMSC added.
In early February, at least four people were killed when an earthquake struck the eastern part of Papua and crumpled a waterfront restaurant, officials said.
The 5.1-magnitude quake hit around 1.28 pm (0628 GMT) on land just southwest of Jayapura city at a depth of 22 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.
