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Tsunami warning as powerful quake hits southwest Indonesia

10:03 pm August 2, 2019

Jakarta: A powerful earthquake struck off the southern coast of Indonesia’s heavily populated Java island Friday, with the country’s disaster agency warning that it could generate a tsunami. The 6.8 magnitude quake struck offshore at a depth 42 kilometres (26 miles), some 150 kilometres (90 miles) from Labuan, southwest of the capital Jakarta, according to […]

Quake shakes some Indonesian islands, damages temple in Bali

2:10 pm July 16, 2019

Denpasar: Indonesian authorities say a subsea earthquake shook Bali, Lombok and East Java on Tuesday, causing damage to homes and temples. The geophysics agency said the quake didn’t have the potential to cause a tsunami. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 5.7 quake was centered 82 kilometers to the southwest of Denpasar on Bali […]

Japan issues tsunami advisory following quake

7:45 pm June 18, 2019

Tokyo: Japan issued a tsunami advisory Tuesday after a strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the northwest of the country. A wave of one metre (three feet) is expected to hit the coast of the Sea of Japan, north of Tokyo, the nation’s meteorological agency said.

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