7-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, triggering a tsunami warning.

The epicenter was located 150 km (93 miles) northwest of Halmahera Island in eastern Indonesia, at a depth of 48 km.

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“Hazardous tsunamis are possible for coasts located 300 kilometers from the epicenter,” the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said in its post-quake warning.

The quake occurred at around 13:06 pm local time (0606 GMT). The earthquake has been revised down from the initial magnitude 7.2 reported by the USGS.

The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned of possible aftershocks.

Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its location on the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire,” where tectonic plates collide.

On November 21, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck West Java province on the main island of Java in Indonesia, killing 602 people.

Most of the victims were killed when buildings collapsed or in landslides caused by the quake.

A major earthquake off Sumatra on December 26, 2004 triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 230,000 people as far away as Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.

This powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake caused waves 100 feet high to crash into Banda Aceh Beach in Sumatra.

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