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A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Arizona near the New Mexico state line on late Saturday.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Arizona near the New Mexico state line

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Arizona near the New Mexico state line

There were no initial reports of major damage or injuries.

According the US Geological Survey, the quake struck at 10 p.m. PT (1 a.m. ET Sunday) and was centered about 31 miles northwest of Lordsburg, New Mexico, and about 179 miles east-southeast of Phoenix. The epicenter was shallow and was in a sparsely populated area north of Interstate 10 and just south of the small town of Duncan, Arizona.

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A major earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.9 has hit under the sea off Indonesia’s northern Aceh province.

The quake triggered a tsunami warning across the Indian Ocean region.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it was not yet known whether a tsunami had been generated, but advised authorities to “take appropriate action”.

The region is regularly hit by earthquakes. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed 170,000 people in Aceh.

A major earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.9 has hit under the sea off Indonesia's northern Aceh province

A major earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.9 has hit under the sea off Indonesia's northern Aceh province

The US Geological Survey, which documents quakes worldwide, said the Aceh quake was centred 33 km (20 miles) under the sea about 495 km from Banda Aceh, the provincial capital.

The tsunami centre’s warning said quakes of such a magnitude “have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean basin”.

Reuters reports that people in the region were making their way to higher ground.

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