U.S. detects 7.2 quake off Indonesia

GOLDEN, Colo., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Seismologists in the United States reported a 7.2- magnitude earthquake occurred Wednesday off the coast of Indonesia.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the sizable shaker at 2:11 a.m. local time with an epicenter 68 miles north-northwest of the Aru Islands.

There was no immediate tsunami advisory from the Pacific Tsunami Center in Hawaii; however, the magnitude of the quake and its relatively shallow depth were cause for concern. The Tsunami Center advised that its monitoring capabilities in the Indian Ocean were limited.

An earthquake-caused tsunami struck Indonesia and other Indian Ocean nations in 2004, killing more than 184,000 people.