Indonesia braces for possible tsunami after 6.9 earthquake hits off Java's coast

Indonesia.
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A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Friday off Indonesia's coast, prompting tsunami warnings and a call for residents to seek higher land.

The earthquake struck near the tips of the country's Sumatra and Java meet, in the Sunda Strait about 240 miles from Jakarta, per the U.S. Geological Survey. Buildings swayed in the capital city, and there were a few blackouts, but no injuries or major damages have so far been reported.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.