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Magnitude 7.4 quake hits off Indonesia’s Ternate, tsunami warning triggered

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 129 words
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Magnitude 7.4 quake hits off Indonesia’s Ternate, tsunami warning triggered The United States Geological Survey says the earthquake was at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles).

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What happened

Magnitude 7.4 quake hits off Indonesia’s Ternate, tsunami warning triggered The United States Geological Survey says the earthquake was at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles).

Why it matters

Published On 1 Apr 2026 A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit the Northern Molucca Sea off the coast of the city of Ternate, in eastern Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning for nearby islands.

Common ground

The United States Geological Survey said the quake, which was initially recorded at a magnitude of 7.8, was at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles).

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The United States Geological Survey said the quake, which was initially recorded at a magnitude of 7.8, was at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles)”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm USGS-reported magnitude or depth details.
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Claim 2: “According to the US Tsunami Warning System, dangerous tsunami waves were possible within 1,000km (621 miles) of the epicentre along the coasts of Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia”
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Wikipedia entries about tsunami warning systems describe general operations but do not reference specific regional warnings or event details.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In December 2021, an eruption began on Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. The eruption reached a very large and powerful climax nea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System, abbreviated as IOTWS, was set up to provide warning to inhabitants of nations bordering the Indian Ocean of approaching tsunamis. The tsunami warning system ha…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), located on Ford Island, Hawaii, is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Tsunami_Warning_Center
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Claim 3: “The United States Geological Survey says the earthquake was at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles)”
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Wikipedia entries about USGS are general organizational descriptions and do not mention specific earthquake depths or events.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Astrogeology Science Center is the entity within the United States Geological Survey concerned with the study of planetary geology and planetary cartography. It is housed in the Shoemaker Building…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The USG Ishimura is a fictional spacecraft from the Dead Space franchise of survival horror video games developed by Visceral Games. Known as a "planet-cracker" in-universe, the mining vessel serves a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geolo…
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Claim 4: “The epicentre of the earthquake was about 120km (75 miles) from Ternate, in Indonesia’s North Maluku province”
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Wikipedia entries describe Ternate's geography but do not mention earthquake epicenter distances or seismic events.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ternate (Indonesian pronunciation: [t̪ərˈnat̪e]), also known as the City of Ternate (Indonesian: Kota Ternate; Indonesian pronunciation: [ˌkot̪a t̪ərˈnat̪e]), is the city with the largest population …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ternate, officially the Municipality of Ternate (Filipino: Bayan ng Ternate; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Ternate), is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2024 censu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ternate is a language of northern Maluku, eastern Indonesia. It is spoken by the Ternate people, who inhabit the island of Ternate, as well as many other areas of the archipelago. It is the dominant i…
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Claim 5: “Magnitude 7.4 quake hits off Indonesia’s Ternate, tsunami warning triggered”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the earthquake event or tsunami warning.
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