Indonesia lifts tsunami alert after powerful earthquake
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Indonesia's geological agency has lifted a tsunami alert issued after a powerful earthquake rattled the country's northeast.
The US Geological Survey said Thursday's quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 and struck 90 kilometers beneath the Molucca Sea.
Indonesia's seismological agency put the magnitude at 7.6.
A tsunami alert issued immediately after the 7 a.m. temblor was lifted after the feared wave never came.
The mayor of Manado, a city on Sulawesi Island close to the epicenter, said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake.
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