Earthquake
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AFP
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JAKARTA (AFP) — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in waters off Indonesia's eastern Maluku Province early Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no reports of damage.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) at 1:04 am (1604 GMT Friday), the US Geological Survey said, 293 kilometres from Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands.
An official at the Indonesian Geophysics and Meteorological Agency confirmed there had been no reports of damage and the quake had not been felt "anywhere."
The agency measured the quake at 6.2 on the Richter scale, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a warning.
The same area was hit by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake a week ago, but again there were no reports of damage or a tsunami warning.
Indonesia was the nation worst hit by the earthquake-triggered Asian tsunami in December 2004, which killed 168,000 people in the country's Aceh province.
The Indonesian archipelago sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates meet causing seismic and volcanic activity.
 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. -- Luke 21:11
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