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Earthquake causes Tsunami warning in Indonesia

By equinox - Posted on 03 January 2009

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A major earthquake struck Sunday near the north coast of West Papua, Indonesia, killing at least four, a government official said. The magnitude-7.6 tremblor occurred about 4:43 a.m. (5:43 p.m. Saturday PT), about 95 miles (150 kilometers) west-northwest of Manokwari and about 105 miles (170 kilometers) east-northeast of Sorong, two cities in the Indonesian province of West Papua.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/03/indonesia.earthquake/index.html

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