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Indonesia struck by a very strong 7.5 magnitude earthquake, tsunami warming issued

Indonesia struck by a very strong 7.5 magnitude earthquake, tsunami warming issued

INDONESIA – Indonesia was struck by a very strong 7.5 magnitude earthquakeFriday, the US Geological Survey said, and the national disaster agencyissued a tsunami warning.

The quake hit central Sulawesi island at a shallow depth of some 10kilometres (six miles), just hours after a smaller quake killed at leastone person in the same part of the country.

Indonesia’s disaster agency issued a tsunami warning for the west coast ofSulawesi and east coast of Indonesia’s part of Borneo island. – APP/AFP