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Indonesians flee homes after powerful quake prompts tsunami warning

  “Everyone ran out into the street,” Agustinus Florianus, a resident of Maumere town on Flores island, told Reuters. A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Friday triggering a tsunami warning, the meteorological department said, but there was no immediate word on any casualties or damage. The US Geological Survey later said the quake had a magnitude of 7.3. “Everyone ran out into the street,” Agustinus Florianus, a resident of Maumere town on Flores island, told Reuters. Tsunami warnings were issued for the areas of Maluku, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara and Southeast and South Sulawesi, after the quake hit 112 km (69.59 miles) northwest of Larantuka, in the eastern part of Flores, at a depth of 12 km. A 5.6-magnitude aftershock hit Larantuka after the first quake, the agency said. Alfons Hada Betan, head of East Flores Disaster Mitigation agency in Larantuka said there were no immediate reports of damage and the quake was felt for several minutes ...