Overview

• Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency reported a magnitude 6.1 quake in Maluku at a depth of 163 kilometers, with the epicenter 88 kilometers northeast of Southwest Maluku Island.
• Authorities in Indonesia warned of possible aftershocks from the Maluku event and said there was no tsunami risk.
• An M5.6 earthquake was recorded near the Barat-Daya Islands at a depth of 151 kilometers at 13:49 UTC, about 334 kilometers northeast of Dili and 198 kilometers northeast of Lospalós, with no reports of casualties or damage.
• The Kamchatka branch of Russia’s geophysical service logged an M5.1 quake off Kamchatka’s east coast at a depth of 20 kilometers, about 581 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
• Kamchatka remains under a natural emergency regime following the July 30 M8.8 mainshock, with scientists describing seismicity as extremely high due to ongoing aftershocks.