5.9-magnitude quake hits off eastern Indonesia near Maluku province


JAKARTA (Xinhua): A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia's eastern Maluku province on Tuesday but without generating large waves, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The agency previously issued the magnitude at 6.2 before downgrading it.

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