Jakarta: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia Friday evening but did not trigger a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said.
The quake happened at 18:48 p.m. Jakarta time, with its epicentre being 117 km southeast of Bolaang Mongondow Timur (East Bolaang Mongondow) district and a depth of 10 km under the seabed, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the geophysics agency.
The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger giant waves, it said.