He said the earthquake, located 72 km southwest of the district at a depth of 27 km, did not have potential to trigger material damage nor tidal waves.
"Even the people of Seram Timur district do not feel the magnitude of the earthquake because its epicenter is located quite far from them," Benny said.
But he had to make intensive coordination with related parties to anticipate possible aftershock because Maluku is prone to tectonic earthquake and tsunami as it is located at the meeting point of three major plates of the Pacific, Indo Australia, and Eurasia.
Benny said Tuesday`s quake was the second after the one measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale a week earlier in the provincial capital city of Ambon.
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