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Tsunami warning lifted in Indonesia
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 24 - 10 - 2009


Authorities lifted a tsunami warning after tidal
waves did not materialize late Saturday following a powerful
earthquake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, which struck the
Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia, seismologists said, according to dpa.
The quake struck at 9:40 pm Jakarta time (1440 GMT) with its
epicentre 209-kilometres north-west of Saumlaki in Maluku province.
It occurred about 165 kilometres beneath the seabed, Indonesia"s
Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said.
The tsunami alert was cancelled about 30 minutes later after no
giant waves materialized, seismologists said. There were no immediate
reports of structural damage or human casualties.
A report by MetroTV private television stated that residents of
Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, and communities in Sorong in
West Papua province, had run out their homes in panic. Many of them
headed to higher ground for fear of a tsunami.
Indonesia, the world"s largest archipelago nation, sits atop the
Pacific Ocean"s Ring of Fire, where the meeting of continental plates
causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
On September 30, a powerful 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the
western coast of Sumatra, killing more than 1,100 people and injuring
hundreds of others.
A major 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck in
December 2004 left more than 170,000 people dead or missing in
Indonesia"s Aceh province and rendered half a million people
homeless.
--SPA


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