JAKARTA - At least two people were injured and some churches and homes damaged after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, but residents who had fled to high ground fearing a tsunami have started returning, the disaster agency said on Friday .
The quake in the Moluccas struck late on Thursday and had a magnitude of 7.1 with its epicentre in the sea 139km north-west of the city of Ternate, according to the US Geological Survey. A tsunami alert was lifted after almost two hours, although there have been more than 90 aftershocks since the initial quake.
Mr Agus Wibowo, a spokesman for Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency , said two people suffered minor injuries in Ternate in the province of North Maluku, also known as the Moluccas, citing the local disaster mitigation agency.
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