Tsunami Hits Small City on Indonesia's Sulawesi After Quake

A tsunami of up to two meters hit a small city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi after a major 7.5 quake struck offshore Friday, collapsing buildings and washing a vessel ashore, but there was no word on casualties, officials said. Authorities received information that Palu had been hit, said Dwikorita Karnawati, who heads Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency, BMKG, amid a rapid series of aftershocks. "The 1.5- to 2-meter tsunami has receded," Karnawati told...

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