Earthquake strikes Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands region

The German Research Centre for Geosciences reported that the quake was of 6.8 magnitude and at a depth of 10km.

Tremors were felt in several small towns in eastern Indonesia, the agency said.

The Tanimbar Islands are a group of more than 60 islands between Papua and Timor-Leste that is about 600km north of Darwin, Australia.

The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre said there was no tsunami threat to Australia.

There was no immediate reports of damage, said Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency.

Indonesia straddles the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the earth's crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanic activity.

with AAP