6.7 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Banda Sea on Wednesday hours after a stronger tremor hit the region.

According to the United States Geological Survey said, the shallow quake, located far from the coast, hit at 8:02 pm local time (1302 GMT).

No immediate damage or casualties were reported. No tsunami warning has been issued.

Daryono, an official at Indonesia's Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), said the second quake was one of 23 aftershocks following the earlier one.

“Modelling results showed that this quake does not have potential to cause a tsunami,” he said in a statement.

The earlier 7.1 magnitude quake, which hit at 11:53 am, was felt moderately in the town of Saumlaki in the archipelago's Tanimbar Islands, according to BMKG.