<span style="color: #222222;">A major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit off the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia today, but no tsunami warning was issued. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to the US Geological Survey, the quake struck about 165 kilometres south-southwest of the town of Ternate in North Maluku province at 6:28 pm local time at a depth of 10 kilometres.</span>