Tsunami panic as strong quake hits Indonesia

A strong earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia, killing a woman, damaging dozens of buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing to higher ground shouting: “tsunami!”.

The 6.3-magnitude quake that struck at 10.01pm local time (2.01pm Irish Time) yesterday was centred 15 miles north of Raba, a town on Sumbawa island, and did not trigger a seismic wave, the US Geological Survey and local meteorological officials said.