7.4-magnitude quake damages buildings, kills at least one in Indonesia
JAKARTA: An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck in the Northern Molucca Sea off Indonesia’s Ternate island on Thursday, damaging some buildings and triggering tsunami waves, authorities and witnesses said.
The US Geological Survey reported aftershocks of magnitude as high as 5, and Indonesia’s meteorology agency BMKG reported tsunami waves in West Halmahera at 0.3m high and Bitung at 0.2m high.
Indonesian broadcaster Metro TV reported one person had died from falling rubble in Manado, North Sulawesi province, and video showed damaged buildings.
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