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A local tsunami alert was issued and later lifted after an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck Sumatra, Indonesia, the country's quake agency and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said Sunday. Sea level readings indicate that a significant tsunami was not generated. Therefore the tsunami watch issued by this center is now canceled, the USGS said. The Indonesian archipelago stretches across a seismically active area known as the Pacific Ring of Fire and is prone to earthquakes and volcanoes. A 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on Sumatra Island killed 170,000 people in Aceh province alone, while more than 1,000 people died after a powerful quake hit the city of Padang last September.
