Jakarta: On Friday, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted the eastern Indonesia. However, no reports of injuries and damages have been registered so far. Officials of the also Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency confirmed that it was unlikely to trigger a Tsunami.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake measured 6.5 and struck about 94 km west of Waingapu, a coastal town on Sumba island in East Nusatenggara province. The quake was centered at a depth of about 30 km.
