Tidal waves follow quake

JAKARTA - A powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 on the open ended Richter scale shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island yesterday destroying wooden houses and prompting tidal waves and aftershocks. It was too early for information about casualties because of difficult communications.

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