Updated at 7:35 a.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007
No tsunami threat for Isles after 6.8 quake in Indonesia
Advertiser Staff
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked the Southern Molucca Sea today is not expected to generate a tsunami threat for Hawai'i, according to a news release from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.An Associated Press report out of Manado, Indonesia, said the earthquake in northeastern Indonesia briefly triggered a tsunami warning.
The quake struck 130 miles from Ternate, the capital of Maluku island, and 233 miles from Manado, the northernmost city on Sulawesi island, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Today's quake came less than a month after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake hit in roughly the same spot, killing at least three people, the AP said.
