By: AFP, 12/02/2013
JAKARTA: A 6.3-magnitude quake hit off eastern Indonesia and East Timor on Sunday, seismologists said, but there was no tsunami alert or reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck at 10:24am local time (0124 GMT), 351 kilometres (217 miles) east-northeast of the East Timor capital Dili at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue any alerts following the tremor in the remote region at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago between the islands of Timor and New Guinea.
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