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A day after the Japanese tsunami, a strong earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Timor

The Indonesian Geophysics Agency reported on Tuesday that a 6-magnitude earthquake occurred off the island of Timor, adding that there is no risk of a tsunami due to the earthquake.

The agency said: ‌"The epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 31 kilometers".

Japan tsunami

And hit A 7.5-magnitude earthquakein northern Japan, yesterday, Monday, causing huge buildings in Tokyo to shake hundreds of kilometers away, and a warning of Tsunami waves reach a height of three meters.
The earthquake occurred at 4:53 pm (07:53 GMT) in the waters of The Pacific Ocean off northern Iwate Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
About 40 minutes later, a tsunami wave with a height of 80 centimeters hit a port in Koji, Iwate, according to the meteorological agency, which initially estimated the magnitude of the quake at 7.4 before raising it later.

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