Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude strikes off Indonesia

There was no potential for a tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Indonesia's eastern province of Papua Barat early Thursday, but there was no potential for a tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here.

A major earthquake hit Indonesia's eastern province of Papua Barat. (Representative image)

The quake jolted at 00:46 am (local time) Thursday (1746 GMT Wednesday), with the epicenter at 115 km Kaimana district and the depth at 14 km under the seabed.