Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude strikes near Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands, no tsunami threat

Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude strikes near Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands, no tsunami threat

JAKARTA, Oct 29 — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted near Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands in Maluku province on Tuesday night, said the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), reported Xinhua.The quake struck at 9.40am local time, with its epicentre located about 183 kilometres (km) north-west of the Tanimbar Islands at a depth of 185 km, BMKG said on its website, confirming that the earthquake had no tsunami potential.The t…