Massive Earthquake Off Indonesian Coast

January 22nd, 2006 at 2:30 pm (World News)

A massive underwater earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 has struck off the eastern coast of Indonesia, according to the US Geological Survey.
The quake reportedly took place at 0158 local time on Saturday morning (1658 GMT on Friday) in the Banda Sea.

In December 2004, another massive earthquake trigerred a tsunami across the Indian Ocean, resulting in thousands of deaths. However, there are no immediate risk of a repeat.

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