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6.9 quake strikes off Indonesia: USGS

By AFP
July 08, 2019

JAKARTA: A strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Indonesia on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported, triggering a tsunami warning. The shallow quake struck at a depth of 24 kilometres and was centred in the Molucca Sea between north Sulawesi and north Maluku, according to the USGS. Indonesia´s geophysics agency issued a tsunami warning for coastal communities nearby.