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Urgent: Magnitude 7.8 quake hits north of Honduras, triggers tsunami warning

Xinhua,January 10, 2018 Adjust font size:

TEGUCIGALPA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 hit north of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday night, triggering a tsunami warning for the nearby seashores, according to the United States Geological Survey. Enditem