Jakarta: The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit a remote Indonesian island chain at the weekend has climbed to five, with thousands living in evacuation shelters, an official said.
The shallow 7.3-magnitude quake struck about 165km south of the town of Ternate in North Maluku province on Sunday evening, according to the US Geological Survey.
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