JAKARTA: At least two people were injured and some churches and homes damaged after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, although residents who had fled to high ground fearing a tsunami had started returning, the disaster agency said.
The quake in the Moluccas struck late on Thursday and had a magnitude of 7.1 with its epicentre in the sea 139km northwest of the city of Ternate, according to the US Geological Survey yesterday.
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