Ammon News - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in Indonesia's Northern Molucca Sea on Thursday, killing one person, damaging buildings and ‌triggering tsunami waves, authorities and witnesses said, though monitoring agencies said the likelihood of further casualties was low.

Indonesia's meteorology agency BMKG said there were tsunami waves reported in five locations, the highest at 0.75 m (2.46 ft) in North Minahasa in North Sulawesi and about 50 aftershocks were monitored, the largest at a magnitude of 5.8.

BMKG chief Teuku Faisal Fathani initially said ​modelling indicated there was tsunami potential for waves of 0.5 m to 3 m (1.6 ft to 9.8 ft) high, but the agency lifted ​its tsunami warning later on Thursday morning.

U.S. tsunami warning authorities also initially said hazardous tsunamis were possible along the coasts ⁠of Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia, but later lifted the threat warning.

Reuters