Eastern Indonesia was rocked by an earthquake measuring 6.7 on Friday morning. The earthquake was followed by two moderate level tremors both measuring 4.9. The epicenter of the earthquake was reported to be at 108 kilometers north of Dobo in Maluku province, at a depth of 24 kilometers. A district government office in Dobo, the closest village to the epicenter, suffered some damage but no major losses were reported.Tsunami warning was not issued after the tremors but Indonesian authorities do not rule out possibility of a very small local tsunami around the epicenter. The strong tremors even sailed up to the Australian continent as aftershocks were felt in Northern Australia in Darwin and North Queensland. Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval, due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.
