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Magnitude 6.2 quake hits offshore of North Maluku

The agency on social media platform X said the quake, which was 81 km (50 miles) deep, had no tsunami potential.

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Wed, February 5, 2025

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Magnitude 6.2 quake hits offshore of North Maluku A screen capture from USGS website of two earthquakes South Halmahera and in Biak Numfor regencies in Indonesia and several aftershocks on July 14, 2019. (JP/-)

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of North Maluku on Wednesday, the geophysics agency said. 

The agency on social media platform X said the quake, which was 81 km (50 miles) deep, had no tsunami potential.

There were no immediate reports of damage. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Indonesia straddles the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the Earth's crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanic activity.

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