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Jakarta, Jan 21
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck under the sea of northeastern Indonesia today, damaging a church and injuring three people, the US Geological Survey and witnesses said.
The quake was large enough to cause a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said in a statement.
The Indonesian meteorological institute, which measured the tremor at 6.7 magnitude, issued a tsunami alert through television and radio after the earthquake hit around 45 kilometres under the Molucca Sea, the US Geological Survey said.
In the regional capital of Sulawesi, Manado, a witness told The Associated Press that residents ran in panic and that three people had been hurt after a church was damaged.
No further details were available.
The epicentre was 130 kilometres from the city of Ternate, in northeastern Indonesia.
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