Powerful 6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia – just weeks after a tsunami killed 400 people
- A powerful 6.6 magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia early on Monday
- The earthquake struck the country's Maluku Islands in the early morning
- No damage or casualties have been reported; no tsumani threat issued
- More than 400 had been killed by a tsunami in Indonesia in late December
Indonesia has been rocked by a powerful earthquake.
The 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck the country's Maluku Islands, north-west of the city of Ternate, early on Monday morning, local time.
The quake hit at a depth of 60.5 km and was followed by aftershocks of a magnitude of 5.0 to 5.1.
Samud Sergi, an official from the search and rescue agency in Ternate, said the quakes had not been felt in the city.
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia on Monday morning, local time
A spokesperson for the emergency disaster agency in Tohomon for North Sulawesi said 'they had felt nothing in the area and had heard of no damage or casualties'.
An earlier report from the USGS gave the magnitude of the quake at 7.0 and the depth at 10 km.
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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement that, based on available data, there was no current tsunami threat from the event.
More than 400 people were killed in Indonesia in late December when a tsunami was triggered by an eruption at the 'Child of Krakatoa' volcano, which sits in the middle of the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra islands.
More than 400 people were killed by a tsunami in Indonesia in later December. Pictured, A view of damage with a car sitting among debris after a tsunami hit the Sunda Strait in Pandeglang, Banten, Indonesia
Pictures from the December tsunami showed how the giant wave crushed nearly everything in its path as it smashed into the coast
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