Powerful earthquake hits southern Indonesia

SANAA, Dec. 14 (YPA) – A very powerful earthquake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, rocked the Flores Sea in southern Indonesia, prompting tsunami alerts for nearby coastlines.

Indonesia’s Meteorological Department said it had issued a tsunami warning.

The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre estimated the magnitude of the earthquake at 7.7 degrees.

The Euro-Mediterranean Centre confirmed that the earthquake had occurred at a depth of five kilometres.

No human or material casualties have yet been reported.

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