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1st LD: Powerful quake strikes western Indonesia, no tsunami alert

Xinhua, October 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

An earthquake measuring 6.3 Richter scale jolted West Java Province in western Indonesia early Wednesday, but no tsunami alert was issued, an official of the meteorology and geophysics agency told Xinhua via phone. Endit