Baghdad - The European Mediterranean Seismological Center said that an earthquake measuring 6.9 degrees shook the Banda Sea region in Indonesia, today, Wednesday.
The center added that the earthquake occurred 370 kilometers southeast of Ambon, Indonesia, at a depth of 146 kilometers.
The center initially reported that the earthquake measured 6.8 degrees.
According to the American Institute of Geophysics, the earthquake struck more than 300 km from the coast.
The institute explained that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km and at a distance of more than 340 km from the nearest point on land, and no tsunami warning was issued as a result.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that there is no threat of a tsunami resulting from the earthquake.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
