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Strong earthquake strikes eastern Indonesia
29 May 2007 10:02:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
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JAKARTA, May 29 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck Indonesia's Mollucas islands, but no tsunami warning has been issued, the country's meterology and geophysical agency said on Tuesday.

The epicentre was 40 km (25 miles) southeast of the town of Labuha, an official at the agency said via a mobile phone text message.

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A man walks past a collapsed house in Kashiwazaki, northern Japan, July 16, 2007. A strong earthquake killed at least four people in Japan on Monday, injured more than 400, flattened houses and started a small fire at the world's largest nuclear power plant, Japanese media and officials said.


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