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Strong earthquake hits Indonesia | |
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A powerful undersea earthquake has hit the north-eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku. | |
Indonesian and US officials initially issued a tsunami warning, which they later cancelled. | |
The quake struck north of Ternate city and had a magnitude of 6.6, Indonesian officials said. US seismologists measured the quake at 7.4. | |
Earthquakes and tsunamis are frequent in Indonesia, part of the seismically active Pacific "Ring of Fire". | Earthquakes and tsunamis are frequent in Indonesia, part of the seismically active Pacific "Ring of Fire". |
"No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data," the US National Weather Service's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement. | |
A massive undersea earthquake sparked a tsunami that killed more than 130,000 people in Indonesia in December 2004. | A massive undersea earthquake sparked a tsunami that killed more than 130,000 people in Indonesia in December 2004. |