Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi

Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi

The 10km-deep quake shook Poso Regency, reaching surrounding localities.

People check their phones as they stay outside amid fears of aftershocks following an earthquake in central Sulawesi. (EPA Images pic)
JAKARTA:
Dozens of people were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Sulawesi, Indonesia, early on Sunday, the country’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said.

The quake, at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles), shook the Poso Regency and was felt in the nearby areas. Twenty-nine people were injured, two critically, the agency said in a statement.

There were no immediate reports of deaths, BNBP added.

Indonesia sits on the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, a highly seismically active zone where different plates on the Earth’s crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes.

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