A major 7.4-magnitude quake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Thursday (April 2, 2026), killing at least one person, causing waves of up to 75 centimetres (2.5 feet) and triggering a tsunami warning that was subsequently lifted.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the tremor hit at a shallow depth of 35 kilometres in the Molucca Sea between the Sulawesi and Maluku island groups in the early morning.
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One person was killed when a building collapsed in the city of Manado in North Sulawesi province, a local search and rescue official told AFP.
"The quake was felt strongly and around Manado... one person died and one person had a leg injury," George Leo Mercy Randang told AFP by telephone.
