Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, tsunami waves possible

A almighty magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck successful the Molucca Sea portion northeast of Indonesia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. 

The quake, which deed aboriginal Thursday section time, had a extent of astir 22 miles and its epicenter was 79 miles west-northwest of Ternate, Indonesia, the USGS said.

The U.S. tsunami informing strategy said tsunami waves were imaginable successful neighboring countries.

The U.S. Geological Surveys says that a almighty magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck successful the Molucca Sea portion northeast of Indonesia. USGS

Indonesia, a immense archipelago of much than 280 cardinal people, sits connected large seismic faults and is frequently deed by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to the fact that of its determination connected the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and responsibility lines successful the Pacific Basin.

In 2022, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake killed astatine slightest 602 radical successful West Java's Cianjur city, the deadliest 1 successful Indonesia since a 2018 quake and tsunami successful Sulawesi killed much than 4,300 people.

In 2004, an highly almighty Indian Ocean quake acceptable disconnected a tsunami that killed much than 230,000 radical successful a twelve countries, astir of them successful Indonesia's Aceh province.

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