A strong earthquake struck off Indonesia"s Tanimbar Islands in the east of the country on Saturday, but there was no tsunami alert issued and no reports of immediate damage, the country"s meteorology agency said. The U.S. Geological Survey pegged the quake at magnitude 6.0 and its epicentre was 270 km (168 miles) north northwest of Saumlaki in the Tanimbar islands at a depth of 56 km (35 miles). USGS had initially put the magnitude at 6.2. "The quake was only felt in Tual island, off the Moluccas islands but we haven"t received any report of damage," an official at Indonesia"s Meteorology and Geophysics earthquake centre was quoted as saying by Reuters.
