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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck south of the Indonesian island of Java early Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The quake epicenter was 583 miles southeast of Jakarta,of Banyuangi town on the eastern end of Java, with a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). Setio Aji, an agency's official said the earthquake was strongly felt in Bali, while residents in some East Java cities told El Shinta radio they were awakenedHazard maps are guides to the estimated how bad the earthquake danger is in any given area, and seismologists and engineers use them to

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