Baku-APA. A shallow undersea quake measuring 7.3 Richter scale rocked North Maluku province on Saturday morning and a tsunami warning has been issued for the area near the quake, an official of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said here, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The quake struck at 09:31 a.m. Jakarta time (0231 GMT) with epicenter at 155 km northeast Bitung town of the province and with the depth at 10 km under sea bed, official of the agency Jerisman, who is like many Indonesians with one name, told Xinhua by phone.
The USGS also reported the quake at 7.3 magnitude.
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