There were no immediate reports of casualties but light damage was reported on at least one island.

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia, damaging several houses in the Tanimbar Islands district in Maluku province early Tuesday.

No casualties or damages were immediately reported by authorities and no tsunami warning accompanied the inland quakes.

President Joko Widodo said that a new port in eastern Indonesia will be developed in Ambon city, Maluku province this year.

Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has added routes to Makassar-Manokwari-Sorong route in bid to raise tourism in the province