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    Strong 6.2-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia, no tsunami warning issued

    Strong 6.2-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia, no tsunami warning issued

    By Anjana Raghav
    Aug 28, 2018
    03:39 pm

    What's the story

    A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia today, US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there was no tsunami warning or immediate reports of damage.

    The offshore tremor struck at a shallow depth of 8km, about 100km southeast of Kupang on Indonesian portion of Timor island, USGS said.

    A string of deadly earthquakes that rocked Indonesia's Lombok island this summer killed 555 people.

    Disaster-prone nation

    Indonesia, one of the most disaster-prone nations

    Indonesia, one of the most disaster-prone nations on earth, straddles the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire", where tectonic plates collide and many of the world's volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.

    In 2004, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.3 undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in western Indonesia killed 220,000 people in the countries around the Indian Ocean, including 168,000 in Indonesia.

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