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No tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck early Wednesday in waters off Indonesia.
No tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck early Wednesday in waters off Indonesia.
The earthquake occurred at 4:34 a.m. Hawaii time within the Molucca Sea near the island of Halmahera, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. It had a registered depth of about 40 miles.
Based on all available data, a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is no threat of tsunami to Hawaii.