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Earthquake hits Indonesian Buru island, no tsunami risk

  • 09 Jun 2020
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An earthquake with a 6.0 magnitude struck south of Buru Island in the Moluccas Islands province in eastern Indonesia, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysical agency (BMKG) said on Tuesday.

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