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Powerful quake shakes Indonesia
A powerful earthquake has struck Indonesia, triggering a tsunami alert.
The earth tremor had a magnitude of 8.0, according to the Indonesian Meteorological Institute.
The tremor caused buildings in the capital to sway, the Associated Press reported. There are no reports yet of any damage or casualties.
Indonesia, which lies on an arc of volcanoes and fault lines, is frequently shaken by earth tremors.
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