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Quakes Hit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
VOA News
quake earlier this month that killed more than 20 people.
The quakes hit in the western region of what is known as the Pacific "Ring of Fire" for its seismic and volcanic activity.
In December 2004, a tsunami triggered by an underwater earthquake killed an estimated 230,000 people near Indian Ocean coastlines, including more than 160,000 people in Indonesia.