Indonesia issues tsunami warning after quake

JAKARTA: Indonesia's geological agency has issued a tsunami warning after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck waters off its eastern coast on Wednesday.

It was not immediately clear if the quake caused any injuries or damage.

The US Geological Survey says the quake was centered 327 kilometres northeast of Manado, a town on Sulawesi island. It says it had a depth of about 30 kilometres beneath the ocean floor.

The country's local geological agency says the quake had the power to trigger a tsunami.

Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific ``Ring of Fire,'' an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.