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The temblor was one of the strongest the area had experienced in decades, an official said. By Muktita Suhartono Hasya Nindita and Rin Hindryati Muktita Suhartono reported from Bangkok, Hasya Nindita from Jakarta, Indonesia, and Rin Hindryati from Bogor, Indonesia. At least 38 people were killed in eastern Indonesia on Saturday after it was rocked by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, one of the largest the region had experienced in decades, officials said. The earthquake hit just north of Flores Island, according to the United States Geological Survey, about a thousand miles east of Jakarta, the capital. It caused several buildings to collapse on the island, and was one of the largest temblors to hit the area in more than 30 years, said Wijayanto, the director of earthquake and tsunami affairs at the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency in Indonesia.
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Lieutenant General Suharyanto, who leads the National Disaster Management Agency in Indonesia, The authorities initially issued a tsunami warning on Saturday, but soon after said the threat had passed.
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The temblor was one of the strongest the area had experienced in decades, an official said. By Muktita Suhartono Hasya Nindita and Rin Hindryati Muktita Suhartono reported from Bangkok, Hasya Nindita from Jakarta, Indonesia, and Rin Hindryati from Bogor, Indonesia. At least 38 people were killed in eastern Indonesia on Saturday after it was rocked by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, one of the largest the region had experienced in decades, officials said. The earthquake hit just north of Flores Island, according to the United States Geological Survey, about a thousand miles east of Jakarta, the capital. It caused several buildings to collapse on the island, and was one of the largest temblors to hit the area in more than 30 years, said Wijayanto, the director of earthquake and tsunami affairs at the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency in Indonesia.
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