A magnitude 6.4 undersea earthquake struck Indonesia's Moluccas islands today and there was a possibility of a tsunami, an official at the meteorological agency said.
"There is a possibility of a tsunami, but until now we have not received a report that it has happened," Mr Fauzi, head seismologist at the agency, said.
The epicentre of the quake lay southwest of Tual island at a depth of 33 km beneath the Banda Sea, he said. That would put it due east of East Timor and due north of Darwin in northern Australia.
Mr Fauzi said that, beside the southern part of the Moluccas chain, one potential danger zone in case of a tsunami could be East Timor.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said it had recorded a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in the region.
