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update: Via the latest alert message update, the Tsunami warning has been downgraded:
A massive earthquake has just struck off the coast of Indonesia, recorded at 7.4 magnitude and 62 km deep, according to the US Geological Survey.
It was registered in the Molucca Sea, about just over 130km northwest of the Indonesian island of Ternate, at 4:18pm local time on Thursday. Indonesian authorities have issued a tsunami alert.
Islanders who were over 150km from the epicenter in some cases reported feeling "very strong shaking". Some regional reports are citing it as a 7.1 - regardless it's anything reaching seven is very powerful.
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/health/tsunami-alert-issued-after-74-magnitude-earthquake-indonesian-coast
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center subsequently issued a statement saying the tsunami danger had "passed".
"There is no longer a tsunami threat from thsi earthquake," it said.
"Minor sea level fluctuations may occur in some coastal areas near the earthquake over the next few hours."
* * *"There is no longer a tsunami threat from thsi earthquake," it said.
"Minor sea level fluctuations may occur in some coastal areas near the earthquake over the next few hours."
A massive earthquake has just struck off the coast of Indonesia, recorded at 7.4 magnitude and 62 km deep, according to the US Geological Survey.
Islanders who were over 150km from the epicenter in some cases reported feeling "very strong shaking". Some regional reports are citing it as a 7.1 - regardless it's anything reaching seven is very powerful.
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/health/tsunami-alert-issued-after-74-magnitude-earthquake-indonesian-coast
