A massive earthquake struck Indonesia. However, there were no reports of damage or a tsunami.

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of the Talaud Islands in northern Indonesia on the 10th (local time)./Courtesy of Korea Meteorological Administration

Indonesia's meteorological agency said on the 10th (local time) that a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of the Talaud Islands.

The quake occurred at a depth of 17 km. Several aftershocks followed the main shock, but there have been no reports of damage so far.

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) assessed the quake at magnitude 6.8 with a hypocenter 77 km underground. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a magnitude 6.5 quake at a depth of 51.6 km.

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