The quake hit at 1 .53 local time, followed by a second tremor around 5.47. At the moment there are no reports of injuries or damage to structures. The area affected by the shock is Catholic majority.

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Ambon (Fides Service) - Following a visit by the Indonesian president Susilo Bambanag Yudhoyono to the troubled provinces of Moluccas and Sulawesi the country’s religious, civil and political leaders ...

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JAKARTA, June 16 - Hundreds of people near Indonesia's Moluccas islands rushed to higher ground on Wednesday (June 16)after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1, fearing aftershocks and a possible tsunami.