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Indonesia's Sumatra hit by quake, tsunami alert issued
02 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
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JAKARTA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Indonesia's meteorology agency said on Tuesday that an undersea earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale had hit southwestern Sumatra.

The agency issued a tsunami warning.

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A woman attends at the cemetery in the outskirts of Tocopilla town some 1,559 km (968 miles) north of Santiago November 15, 2007. A powerful earthquake hit mineral-rich northern Chile on Wednesday, killing at least two people, injuring more than 100 and halting output at some of the world's largest copper mines. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)


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