Strong 7.0-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia: USGS

A powerful 7.0 magnitude quake struck Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Monday, sending shock waves across hundreds of miles of the island nations.

The quake hit at 6:41am (5.41am Singapore time), nearly 250 kilometres west of the provincial capital Jayapura at a depth of 52 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

There is no tsumani threat to the Australian mainland or territories, the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre said.

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said on its website that the quake had no potential to trigger a tsunami. Additionally it was allegedly experienced to the resort is of Bali, which can be merely distance of Caffeine.

An AFP correspondent in Banyuwangi city in east Java said that mild shaking could be felt for about five seconds.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes due to its location on the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire”.

On December. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude natural disaster struck the eastern coast of Sumatra island, causing a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people as it tore along the coasts of Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.