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6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off East Timor; Tsunami Warning Issued

LiveMint | 27/05/2022 01:40 PM | Click to read full article

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off the coast of Timor-Leste, or East Timor, a Southeast Asian nation on Friday, although there were no immediate reports of damage. 

East Timor and Indonesia sit on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

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