Tsunami warning for Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia after Maluku Sea quake
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“Tsunami warning for Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia after Maluku Sea quake”
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— The Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) is a cooperation initiative established in 1994 to spur development in remote and less developed areas in the fo…
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— The Maluku Islands ( mə-LUU-koo, -LOO-; Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku, IPA: [kəpuˈlawan maˈluku]) or the Moluccas ( mə-LUK-əz; Dutch: Molukken [ˌmoːˈlʏkə(n)]) are an archipelago in the eastern part of…
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— Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of mainland Australia, which …
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“The 7.4-magnitude quake hit at a depth of 35km in the Northern Maluku Sea off Indonesia’s Ternate island”
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— Buru (formerly spelled Boeroe, Boro, or Bouru) is the third largest island within the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It lies between the Banda Sea to the south and Seram Sea to the north, west of Ambon …
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— Central Maluku Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Maluku Tengah) is a regency of Maluku Province of Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 11,595.57 km2, and had a population of 361,698 at the 2010 Cens…
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— Geologically, the Sunda Shelf () is a south-eastern extension of the continental shelf of Mainland Southeast Asia. Major landmasses on the shelf include the Indonesian islands of Bali, Borneo, Java, M…
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“An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck the Northern Maluku Sea off Indonesia’s historic spice island of Ternate on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami warning for neighbouring Southeast Asian nations”
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— Maluku is a province of Indonesia. It is located in Eastern Indonesia, between Sulawesi and Western New Guinea, and comprises the central and southern regions of the Maluku Islands. It is directly ad…
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— The Maluku Islands ( mə-LUU-koo, -LOO-; Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku, IPA: [kəpuˈlawan maˈluku]) or the Moluccas ( mə-LUK-əz; Dutch: Molukken [ˌmoːˈlʏkə(n)]) are an archipelago in the eastern part of…
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— North Maluku (Indonesian: Maluku Utara; Indonesian pronunciation: [maˌluku (ʔ)uˈt̪ara]) is a province of Indonesia. It covers the northern part of the Maluku Islands, bordering the Pacific Ocean to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Maluku
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“There were no immediate reports of injuries, though the agency reported aftershocks of magnitude as high as 5”
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“Indonesia called tsunami warnings for areas in its provinces of North Maluku and North Sulawesi”
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“Regional governments in some cities, such as Ternate and Tidore, the former spice islands, were urged to prepare citizens for evacuation”
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“news channel Metro TV broadcast images of damaged buildings”
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“The quake, its magnitude revised down from an initial 7.8, struck at a depth of 35km (22 miles), greater than the early figure of 10km”
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“Its epicentre was about 120km from Ternate, in North Maluku, which has a population of more than 200,000”
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— The epicenter of the quake was about 120 km from the city of Ternate, in Indonesia’s North Maluku province, which has a population of over 205,000, according to USGS.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/magnitude-78-e…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/magnitude-78-e…
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— The epicentre of the earthquake was about 120km (75 miles) from Ternate, in Indonesia’s North Maluku province
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/1/magnitude-7-4-quake-…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/1/magnitude-7-4-quake-…
“North Maluku, which has a population of more than 200,000 people”
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“Ternate resident Budi Nurgianto, 42, said he was inside his house when the tremor struck, sending people panicking outside”
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