JAKARTA: A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, US seismologists said, with some reports of minor property damage but no casualties recorded so far.

The quake struck at a depth of 14km kilometers under the Alor Sea at about 10:44 (0345 GMT), roughly 77 kilometers from the East Timorese capital of Dili, the US Geological Survey said.

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