No tsunami warning was issued and there were no reports of damage after the quake struck at a shallow depth of just 23 kilometres (14 miles) off the southwest coast of the vast island, said the US Geological Survey.
US seismologists initially said it was a magnitude 6.4 quake, then revised it down to a 6.0 quake.
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