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| Indonesia issues tsunami warning | Indonesia issues tsunami warning |
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| Indonesia has issued a local tsunami warning because of a powerful earthquake off the island of Sumatra. | |
| The quake had a magnitude of 7.2, according to an official from the country's geophysics agency. | The quake had a magnitude of 7.2, according to an official from the country's geophysics agency. |
| Indonesia suffers from frequent earthquakes and lies on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, one of the world's most seismically active areas. | Indonesia suffers from frequent earthquakes and lies on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, one of the world's most seismically active areas. |
| An earthquake off Indonesia triggered the 2004 Asian tsunami, which killed approximately 220,000 people. | An earthquake off Indonesia triggered the 2004 Asian tsunami, which killed approximately 220,000 people. |
| A government official in the town of Bengkulu, about 295km (180 miles) from the epicentre, said there did not appear to be any visible damage so far from Monday's earthquake. | |
| "Everyone rushed out of buildings, but this has become sort of a habit for us all, so there was not panic," she told Agence France Presse. | |
| Hassanudin, a police officer in Bengkulu, also said he had not heard of any casualties or damage so far. | |
| But he added: "We still need to check with the police station on Muko-Muko (nearest to the epicentre)." |