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No Tsunami threat to Sri Lanka due to Indonesia quake-Met Dept
A powerful earthquake that was reported west of Indonesia's Sumatra Island a short while ago poses no Tsunami threat to Sri Lanka, the Met Department of Sri Lanka confirmed
“There is NO tsunami threat to Sri Lanka at present with the effect of the earthquake in Indonesia. Therefore, the coastal areas of Sri Lanka are declared safe,” it said.
According to foreign media an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck west of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Tuesday, Indonesia's geophysics agency (BMKG) said.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) earlier pegged the quake at 6.9 magnitude.
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