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News Topical, Digital Desk : Indonesia was once again rocked by an earthquake. Strong tremors were felt near the city of Terent in the eastern part of the country early Thursday (April 2). Locals, terrified by the tremors, rushed from their homes and offices. The US Geological Survey (USGS) measured the magnitude of the early morning quake at 7.4. Authorities have issued a tsunami alert following the earthquake.
Dangerous tsunami alert
According to APTN, officials said that an earthquake in Indonesian waters on Thursday morning triggered tsunami waves, killing at least one person and damaging several homes and buildings. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the 7.4 magnitude quake was centered at a depth of 35 kilometers (22 miles) in the Molucca Sea. The US monitoring center has issued a warning, warning of the possibility of a dangerous tsunami within a 1,000-kilometer radius of the epicenter.
Appeal to people to be cautious
Indonesia 's disaster management agency said a 70-year-old woman was killed and another resident was injured in the Minahasa district of North Sulawesi. A disaster management agency spokesman urged people not to return to beaches or coastal areas until authorities officially declare the situation back to normal. At least two aftershocks followed the main quake, both away from the coast.
Indonesia is a vast archipelago of more than 280 million people. Located on a major seismic fault, it is frequently affected by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. In 2022, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Cianjur City in West Java, killing at least 602 people. It was the deadliest event in Indonesia since the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 4,300. In 2004, a powerful earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people across a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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