6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesian island

Nargiz Ogtay
Author

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the north of Indonesia’s Halmahera island on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center said, Report informs via TASS.

According to the center, the epicenter of the tremors was located 153 km northwest of the city of Tobelo – home to over 30,000 people. The source lay at a depth of 60 km.

There were no reports of casualties or damage.

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