7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's Maluku province Saturday evening that triggered a brief tsunami warning from the nation's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG).
The quake occurred at 21:40 Jakarta time (1440 GMT) with its epicenter at 209 km northwest of Saumlaki and at a depth of 165 km, the BMG said.
The quake was felt up to Papua province in easternmost of Indonesia, said Hendra Rahman, official from the BMG.
"The quake caused panics in some areas," he said. The intensity of the quake was felt at 3 to 4 MMI (modified Mercally Intensity) at Tual and Aru
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