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Major earthquake off Indonesia triggers tsunami warning
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck the Northern Molucca Sea near Ternate in Indonesia, with a shallow depth of just 10km prompting immediate tsunami alerts for the surrounding region. Shallow quakes at that depth transmit far more energy to the surface, making them disproportionately dangerous. The epicentre was roughly 120km from Ternate in North Maluku province.
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