Nearly 7 magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia

The Meteorological and Geophysical Agency with the Indonesian Disaster Response Agency on February 16 announced that a 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked some of the eastern regions of the country.

Homes were destroyed in the Indonesian earthquake in September 2009.(Photo: AFP / VNA)

According to the two agencies, the earthquake occurred at 4 51 minutes (local time) on February 16 morning with the epicenter at a depth of 106 km below sea level, 22km from Saumlaki area of ​​the province of Maluku to the northwest.

There is still no information on the number of casualties or earthquake damage and no tsunami warnings have been issued.

However, spokesman for Disaster Response Agency Priyadi Kardono said no one was injured and no buildings collapsed during the earthquake.

Indonesia is the largest island nation in the world, located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, adjacent to the continental plates, so frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

Earlier, in September 2009, the 7.6-magnitude earthquake on the country's island Sumatra killed more than 1,000 people.