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Strong quake hits eastern Indonesia
JAKARTA, Feb 26, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – A strong 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit a
remote part of eastern Indonesia Wednesday, the United States Geological
Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning.
The undersea quake struck at a depth of some 61 kilometres (38 miles),
about 280 kilometres southwest of the city of Tual in the archipelago’s
Maluku province.
The Southeast Asian country is one of the most disaster-prone nations on
Earth.
In 2018, a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami in Palu on
Sulawesi island left more than 4,300 people dead or missing.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1414 hrs