A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia early on April 2, killing at least one person and triggering brief tsunami warnings across the region.
The offshore quake occurred at 6:48 a.m. local time in the Northern Molucca Sea, centered roughly 127 kilometres west-northwest of the historic city of Ternate.
The tremor, which struck at a shallow depth of 35 kilometres, was felt strongly across North Maluku and North Sulawesi provinces, waking residents and sending thousands scrambling from their homes.
Fatalities and Damage Reports
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One Dead as Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Strikes Eastern Indonesia
