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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia: USGS

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TERNATE, Indonesia, July 3, 2026 (AFP) – A 6.2 magnitude quake struck off eastern Indonesia on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The jolt struck at a depth of 120 kilometres, around 58 kilometres west of Tobelo, in North Maluku province at 11:31 local time (0231 GMT).

“I was sitting and having coffee at a roadside coffee stall when suddenly my chair started rocking. I panicked for a moment because I’m still traumatised by the past earthquakes,” Umar Abbas, a resident of Ternate, around 114 kilometres away from the epicentre, told AFP.

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said there was no threat of a tsunami.

Indonesia and neighbouring countries experience frequent earthquakes due to their location in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” — an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia: USGS

আপডেট সময় : ১১:১১:০৯ পূর্বাহ্ন, শুক্রবার, ৩ জুলাই ২০২৬

TERNATE, Indonesia, July 3, 2026 (AFP) – A 6.2 magnitude quake struck off eastern Indonesia on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The jolt struck at a depth of 120 kilometres, around 58 kilometres west of Tobelo, in North Maluku province at 11:31 local time (0231 GMT).

“I was sitting and having coffee at a roadside coffee stall when suddenly my chair started rocking. I panicked for a moment because I’m still traumatised by the past earthquakes,” Umar Abbas, a resident of Ternate, around 114 kilometres away from the epicentre, told AFP.

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said there was no threat of a tsunami.

Indonesia and neighbouring countries experience frequent earthquakes due to their location in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” — an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.