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an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\">In 2022<\/span>, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake killed at least 602 people in West Java&#8217;s Cianjur city, the deadliest one in Indonesia since <span class=\"link\">a 2018 quake<\/span> and tsunami in Sulawesi killed more than 4,300 people.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, an extremely powerful Indian Ocean quake set off a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia&#8217;s Aceh province.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section 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