Nothing to be alarmed about, says US Geological Survey. No report of damage or casualties.
Jakarta: A moderate earthquake rocked parts of southeastern Indonesia on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, and experts said there was no risk of a tsunami.
The US Geological Survey in Denver said it was a 5.8 magnitude quake.
At that strength, ''it certainly is not going to generate a widespread tsunami,'' said Don Blakeman of the US Geological Survey.
Charles McCreery, director of the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, said the quake was "well below our threshold for issuing any kind of advisory ... it's nothing to be alarmed about."
Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said it was a 6.4 magnitude quake. The earthquake was centered 20 miles (around 32 km) beneath the Arafura Sea.
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