Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands region, geophysics agency says

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck disconnected the seashore of Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands portion connected Monday (July 14, 2025), the country’s geophysics bureau said, adding determination was nary tsunami potential.

The quake was astatine a extent of 98 km (60.89 miles), the bureau said.

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that the quake was of 6.8 magnitude and astatine a extent of 10 km (6.21 miles). “Tremors were felt successful respective tiny towns successful eastbound Indonesia,” the bureau said.

“There were nary contiguous reports of damage,” said Indonesia’s catastrophe mitigation agency.

Indonesia straddles the alleged Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically progressive zone, wherever antithetic plates connected the Earth’s crust conscionable and make a ample fig of earthquakes and volcanic activity.