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Tsunami warning as powerful quake hits southwest Indonesia: agency
JAKARTA, Aug 2, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A powerful earthquake struck off the southern coast of Indonesia’s heavily populated Java island Friday, the country’s disaster agency said, warning that it could generate a tsunami.
The 7.4 magnitude quake struck at a shallow depth of about 10 kilometres (six miles) offshore, some 147 kilometres (90 miles) from Sumur, southwest of the capital Jakarta.
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