The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km at an area 168km from the city of Ternate, in the Moluccas on July 14. (Photo: SCREENGRAB FROM USGS)
Jakarta (VNA) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hitthe eastern region of Indonesia on July 14, the US Geological Survey (USGS)reported.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km at an area 168 kmsouth-southeast of Ternate in North Maluku province, the USGS said.
There are no reports of infrastructure damage yet, said IksanSubur, an official of Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency based in theregency of South Halmahera, near the earthquake’s epicentre.
But people panicked and ran out of their houses. Some people wholive near the ocean are starting to move to higher ground, he added.
Last week, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struckIndonesia’s eastern North Maluku province, but caused no major damage.
Indonesia, one of the most disaster-prone nationson earth, straddles the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where tectonic platescollide and a large portion of the world’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakesoccur.
Last September, a 7.5-magnitude quake and asubsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island killed more than 2,200 with athousand more declared missing.
In 2004, a big earthquake off the northernIndonesian island of Sumatra triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean, killing220,000 people in 13 countries, including more than 168,000 in Indonesia.-VNA
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The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km at an area 168km from the city of Ternate, in the Moluccas on July 14. (Photo: SCREENGRAB FROM USGS) 
