July 14 (UPI) -- A 7.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera, which is part of the country's eastern Maluku island chain, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The earthquake struck at 6:10 p.m. local time at a depth of 6.2 miles, according to USGA. It was centered 94.5 miles from Sofifi, North Maluku, which is 1,619 miles east of Jakarta, 370 miles south of Davo, Philippines, and 247 miles north of North Papua New Guinea.