Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Java earthquake prompts tsunami warnings

By inthenews.co.uk staff.

Tsunami warnings were issued this morning by Indonesian authorities after a powerful earthquake rocked Java.

At least ten people are thought to have died in the quake, with several dozen injured.

The 7.4-magnitude quake struck at 02:55 local time (08:55 BST), 198km south-east of the capital Jakarta.

The local tsunami warnings were later withdrawn.

The US geological survey recorded the quake at a depth of 62.8km.
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