The US Geological Survey reported that the epicenter of the two earthquakes was located about 340 kilometers south of the Indonesian province of Maluku, and its depth was 10 kilometers.

Two successive earthquakes of magnitude 6.7 and 7.1 struck the Banda Sea area off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday morning.

According to the Anadolu Agency, the US Geological Survey reported that the epicenter of the two earthquakes was located about 340 kilometers south of the Indonesian province of Maluku, and its depth was 10 kilometers.

According to preliminary information, there were no human or material losses, and no warning was issued about the possibility of tsunami waves following the two earthquakes.

AFP reported that a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Banda Sea off eastern Indonesia, more than 300 km from the coast, according to what the American Institute of Geophysics reported on Wednesday.

The institute explained that the earthquake, which initially declared a magnitude of 6.9, occurred at 11:53 (04.53 GMT) at a depth of 10 km and at a distance of more than 340 km from the nearest point on land, and no warning was issued as a result. From tsunami waves.

Residents of the town of Samulaki in the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia felt an earthquake from the earthquake, according to the local agency for meteorological, climatic and geophysical monitoring.

Lambart Tatang, who lives in the town, told Agence France-Presse, “The tremor was very strong, but people here did not panic.

We are accustomed to the tremors.” The 41-year-old man added that residents dealt calmly with the earthquake, “especially after we made sure that no tsunami warning was issued, so life is normal now.”

Indonesia is exposed to frequent earthquakes due to its location on the “Ring of Fire,” an area where earthquakes and volcanoes are active in the Pacific Ocean. In November 2022, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck the densely populated province of West Java, killing more than 600 people.

A major earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on December 26, 2004 caused a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 230,000 people in several countries, including Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.