February 04, 2014 09:49 am | Updated May 18, 2016 05:49 am IST - Colorado
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.1 earthquake has been recorded in Indonesia.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has no warning in effect.
The Geological Survey report says the quake hit 318 kilometers east of Dili, East Timor, just after 1730 GMT.
The quake’s depth was recorded at 18 kilometers.
Indonesia is located on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
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