Strong quake rocks Indonesia`s Maluku, tsunami alert sounded

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on Wednesday, prompting the issuing of a tsunami alert, the meteorology and geophysics office said here.
The earthquake, which struck at 4:32 pm (0732 GMT) was centered 300 kilometres (185 miles) northeast of the East Timorese capital Dili, some 23 kilometres under the floor of the Banda Sea, the office was quoted by AFP as saying in a statement.
"There is a tsunami potential," it said. (*) END

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