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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake rocks Indonesia’s Maluku province
File picture shows a staff member of the Seismology Center, pointing on a chart of the earthquake activity detected by the central Weather Bureau in Taipei. A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted northeastern Taiwan early on May 21, 2014. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

JAKARTA, June 16 — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit Maluku, Indonesia today, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported.

The earthquake struck at 11.43 am Jakarta time with the epicentre located 67km southeast of Maluku Tengah, at depth of 10 kilometres.

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According to BMKG, there was no threat of tsunami following the quake.   

So far, there were no reports of damage or casualties.   — BERNAMA

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