Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale struck in the Indonesian Taulad Islands.

The USGS put the depth of the quake at around 20 miles beneath the ocean floor and said it was centered 200 miles northeast of Manado, a town on Sulawesi island.

There is no danger of a widespread destructive tsunami, according to the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center but earthquakes of this size can sometimes trigger local tsunamis which can be destructive along coasts within 100km of the epicenter.

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