Small tsunami detected on Indonesian island
A 10-centimetre tsunami was recorded on the Indonesian island of Halmahera just after dusk Friday after a magnitude-8.9 earthquake hit Japan, an official said.
Fauzi, head of the Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning Centre, also said a 40-centimetre tsunami was detected on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, but there was no information from the Papua region on the Indonesian half of New Guinea island.
Indonesia’s meteorology agency had warned that a tsunami could hit the Maluku Islands, of which Halmahera is a part; North Sulawesi province; and the easternmost Papua region at 6:30 pm (1130 GMT).
Thousands of people in eastern Indonesia fled their homes to higher ground after officials warned of a tsunami as a result of the quake, which caused waves as high as 10 metres in north-eastern Japan.