7.6 quake damages buildings in Indonesia, felt in Australia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful deep-sea earthquake has damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern Indonesia. The 7.6 magnitude quake was centered in the Banda Sea near the Tanimbar islands. Officials say two school buildings and 124 houses were damaged. Only one injury was reported. A tsunami warning was lifted after no significant change was measured in the sea level. The quake also was widely felt in northern Australia. The U.S. Geological Survey says it was centered at a depth of 65 miles. Deeper quakes tend to cause less surface damage than shallow ones but are more widely felt.