Reuters
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the coast of Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands region on Monday, the country's geophysics agency said, adding there was no tsunami potential.
The quake was at a depth of 98 km (60.89 miles), the agency said.
The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that the quake was of 6.8 magnitude and at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles).
Tremors were felt in several small towns in eastern Indonesia, the agency said.
There was no immediate reports of damage, said Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency.
Indonesia straddles the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the Earth's crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Aamir Latif
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands region on Monday, the German Centre for Georesearch (GEOFON) as well as the US Geological Survey said.
Earlier, the GEOFON measured the earthquake as magnitude 7.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 167 kilometers (103 miles) off the city of Tual in Maluku province, with a depth of 65.7 km (40 mi).
There were no immediate reports of casualties or infrastructural damage.
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