Strong Magnitude-6.6 Earthquake Strikes Close To Indonesian Coast

By J.J. McGrath | April 20 2012 10:05 PM

A strong magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck close to the Indonesian coast on Saturday at 10:17 a.m. local time (Friday at 8:17 p.m. EDT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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USGS Community Internet Intensity Map of the area around the magnitude-6.6 earthquake that struck close to the Indonesian coast on Saturday at 10:17 a.m. local time (Friday at 8:17 p.m. EDT).

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At a depth of 18.5 miles (29.8 kilometers), the quake's epicenter was 51 miles (83.0 kilometers) south-southeast of Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia.

No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported.

However, earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometers (62 miles) of the earthquake epicenter, the center said.