6.1-magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

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Agency September 19, 2019
6.1-magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

JAKARTA–An earthquake measuring 6.1-magnitude rocked Indonesia's western East Java province on Thursday with no potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The quake was upgraded from 5.6-magnitude reported several minutes earlier, official in charge at the agency Alfath Abubakar told Xinhua via phone.

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