More Quakes Shake Indonesia
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PADANG, Indonesia (AP) – Three powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, triggering tsunami alerts today and sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground. At least nine people were killed in the tremors.
The first two quakes in western Indonesia — magnitudes 8.4 and 7.8 — were followed by a 6.2-magnitude temblor in the east, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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