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7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Eastern Indonesia, Tsunami Warning Issued

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Jakarta, April 2 (IANS) A powerful 7.4-magnitude offshore earthquake struck eastern Indonesia early Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a warning from a US monitoring agency about the possibility of “hazardous tsunami waves” within a 1,000-kilometre radius of the epicentre.According to the USGS, the earthquake’s epicentre was located at 1.20 degrees north latitude and 126.35 degrees east longitude. The quake occurred at a depth of around 30 kilometres, as reported…