Posted AT 4:14 AM EDT on 20/02/07
Powerful earthquake rattles northeastern Indonesia
MANADO, INDONESIA — A powerful earthquake in northeastern Indonesia on Tuesday caused panicked residents to flee shaking buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea and briefly triggered a tsunami warning, officials said.
The 6.5-magnitude quake struck 210 kilometres from Ternate, the capital of Maluku island, and 375 kilometres from Manado, the northernmost city on Sulawesi island, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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