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December 01, 2007

Indonesian quake but no tsunami threat--officials

JAKARTA--A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the southwestern coast of Indonesia's Java island on Sunday but there was no threat of a tsunami and no immediate word of damage, meteorologists said.

The earthquake, which hit at 06:01am (2301 GMT Saturday), occurred 32 kilometers (17 miles) under the seabed about 80 kilometers southeast of island's southwestern tip, the meteorology office said.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=104369

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