Indonesia earthquake kills 1, triggers tsunami waves

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck in Indonesia’s Northern Maluku Sea on Thursday, killing one person, damaging some buildings and triggering tsunami waves, authorities and witnesses said. Indonesia’s meteorology agency BMKG said tsunami waves were reported in five locations, the highest at 0.75 metre (2.46 feet) in North ‌Minahasa in North Sulawesi and 11 aftershocks were monitored, the largest at a magnitude of 5.5.