A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 recorded outside the Moluccas in Indonesia on Saturday, according to the US Geological Studies Syarikat and the tsunami warning has been issued for the nearby area of the earthquake, reports Reuters.
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami was possible in the dangerous 300 km from the epicenter.
The center said there was no danger of the Pacific-wide tsunami.
The earthquake was measured at a depth of 47 km, with the epicenter 134 km northwest of Ternate.
The center said a tsunami wave may hit parts of Indonesia and the Philippines, Jepun, Taiwan and the islands of the South Pacific.
"We have issued a tsunami early warning," an employee of the agency's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG)
But the latest announcement tsunami warning has been in drag behind and to the population in the area at the shore'm aware. said employee.
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