6.8 magnitude quake strikes in Indonesia's Banda Sea, no tsunami alert

Jakarta (AFP) May 6, 2020

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolted a remote part of eastern Indonesia late Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning issued and no immediate reports of damage. The undersea quake struck at a depth of some 107 kilometres (66 miles) in the sea between Indonesia's Maluku and East Timor at 22:50 local time (13:50 GMT). The epicentre was about 390 k