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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province on Wednesday, the country’s geophysical agency said, adding that there was no tsunami potential.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, however, warned in a bulletin that there is a risk of tsunami waves within 300 kilometers of the epicenter.
The Indonesian agency said the epicenter was at a depth of 64 kilometers (39.77 miles), 141 kilometers southeast of the city of Melonguane.
A resident of the city of Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi, said by phone that the earthquake was felt strongly for several seconds and that people were seen running out of buildings.
However, the resident said, so far no damage has been seen and some people have returned to their homes.
The earthquake was also felt in the Maluku islands, the local disaster agency added.
Indonesia is located on top of the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, making it one of the most seismically active regions in the world, experiencing frequent earthquakes.