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Earthquake Hits Indonesia: Tsunami Warning Issued

by The Associated Press | February 20, 2008 at 05:37 am | 557 views | 3 comments | 0 recommendations

Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake Shook Western Indonesia

A powerful earthquake (7.6) struck western Indonesia this morning. There are no immediate reports of injuries, but a tsunami warning has been issued.

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The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6, struck off the western coast of Sumatra island close to Simeulue island, the U.S. Geological Survey said in a posting on its Web site.

There was an immediate tsunami warning issued, possibly because the quake was deep under the sea bed.

Several callers told local radio station el-Shinta that the quake was felt strongly on Sumatra, but there was no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

A magnitude-9 quake off Sumatra's coast in 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia.

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