Sri Lanka, April 2 -- A major 7.4-magnitude offshore quake struck the Northern Molucca Sea off Indonesia's historic spice island of Ternate early on April 2, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, triggering a tsunami warning for neighbouring South-east Asian nations.

Indonesian broadcaster Metro TV reported one person had died from falling rubble in the Manado area and video showed damaged buildings.

"The quake was felt strongly and around Manado... one person died and one person had a leg injury," official George Leo Mercy Randang told AFP by telephone.

The victim was "buried under the rubble" of a collapsed building, he said.

The tsunami alert was lifted after about two hours, the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Cent...