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Indonesian officials say a powerful earthquake |
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off the coast of the island of Sumatra |
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has killed 13 people. |
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The quake destroyed many buildings |
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and cut communications in and around the city of Padang. |
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Residents say people are trapped |
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in the rubble and some bridges have collapsed. |
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The quake which had a magnitude |
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of 7.6 was felt hundreds of kilometres away |
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in Singapore and Malaysia. |
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From Jakarta here is Karishma Vaswani. |
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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre |
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had issued a tsunami alert minutes after the earthquake hit |
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off the coast of west Sumatra but then lifted it. |
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The tremor was felt as far away as Indonesia's capital city, |
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Jakarta. |
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There have been reports of buildings and houses collapsing |
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in the city of Padang, |
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Sumatra's capital, |
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which is near the epicentre of the earthquake. |
