Magnitude 7.6 earthquake hits Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

An undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck Indonesia on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, as the country's meteorological department issued a tsunami warning.

Indonesian authorities estimated the quake at magnitude 7.5, which struck its region of East Nusa Tenggara in the Flores Sea.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, on the other hand, estimated the magnitude at 7.7, placing the earthquake at a depth of 5km.

The US-based Pacific Tsunami warning centre also said that “hazardous” tsunami waves are possible for coasts within 1,000km of the epicentre of the earthquake in Indonesia.