Aftershock from Indonesian quake prompts new tsunami warning

By DPA

Jakarta : Indonesian officials issued a second tsunami warning Wednesday night following an aftershock from a massive 8.2-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia’s Sumatra Island.


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The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency in Jakarta issued the warning, the second in less than four hours, following a 6.6-magnitude earthquake around 9:40 pm (1540 GMT).

The aftershock was located close to the initial earthquake’s epicentre, Sriwuri, an agency official told DPA.

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