Quakes jolt Japan, Indonesia

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted 163 km southeast of Hirara, Japan at 15:45:13 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, reported Xinhua.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 23.739 degrees north latitude and 126.424 degrees east

Meanwhile, another earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Indonesia's eastern province of Papua Barat early Thursday, but there was no potential for a tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here.

The quake jolted at 00:46 a.m. Jakarta time Thursday (1746 GMT Wednesday), with the epicenter at 115 km Kaimana district and the depth at 14 km under the seabed.