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Tsunami alert issued after Indonesias 6.7-magnitude quake
Posted on: 04/Apr/2011 2:20:29 AM
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia early Monday, sending people fleeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami, officials said.
A tsunami warning issued immediately after the 3 a.m. quake was later called off. Residents and visitors returned to beach area four hours later after it was confirmed the danger of a tsunami had passed.
The U.S. Geological Survey said its monitors placed the epicenter of the quake 14.9 miles deep 149 miles east-northeast of Christmas Island, 172 miles south of Tasikmalaya, 318 miles south of Bandung and 256 miles south-southeast of Jakarta.
Pangandaran Beach part of the region hard-hit by a deadly tsunami in 2006.
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