A robust 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit deep beneath the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
The epicenter of the quake was 427 kilometers (265 miles) south of the Indonesian island of Ambon at a depth of 95 kilometers, the USGS stated.
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported some aftershocks at a magnitude of 5.5.
“I was in bed then I felt a little shake. I woke up and found out that many of my friends felt it too,” Hamdi, an Indonesian in Ambon stated to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The Indonesian geophysics company warned a couple of potential tsunami initially, however then lifted the warning.
Indonesia experiences frequent seismic exercise on account of its place on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the place tectonic plates collide.
On Nov. 21, a 5.6 magnitude quake hit the populous West Java province on the primary island of Java, killing 602 individuals.
A significant earthquake off Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, set off an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed greater than 230,000 individuals as distant as Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
That highly effective 9.1 magnitude quake triggered 100-foot waves that hit the shore of Banda Aceh on Sumatra.
