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Three earthquakes shake Indonesia; one death reported in North Sumatra

Indonesia was hit by three earthquakes on Tuesday, including a 5.5-magnitude tremor in North Sumatra, which led to one reported death, along with quakes in Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara.

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JAKARTA: Three earthquakes struck Indonesia on Tuesday, with a 5.5-magnitude tremor hitting North Sumatra province in the morning and two earlier quakes in Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara, the country's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency reported.

The 5.5-magnitude quake struck North Sumatra province at 5:22 a.m. local time on Tuesday. The epicentre was located 17 km southeast of North Tapanuli Regency at a depth of 10 km.

"One person was killed, and another was injured. Several houses and a road were severely damaged, and the road is now impassable for transport," head of the emergency, equipment, and logistics unit of North Sumatra Provincial Disaster Management Agency Sri Wahyuni Pancasilawati told Xinhua. She added that risk assessments were underway. (IANS)

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