JAKARTA (TIP): A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on November 19, the USGS reported, but there were no immediate reports of damage and local officials ruled out any threat of a tsunami. The quake struck 110 kilometres (68 miles) north-northeast of the town of Tobelo in the Maluku chain of islands around 1330 GMT at a depth of 63 kilometres, it said.
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