Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia, official says
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The quake, at a depth of 10km, shook the Poso Regency and was felt in the nearby areas.
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JAKARTA – Dozens of people were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Sulawesi, Indonesia, early on Aug 17, the country’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said.
The quake, at a depth of 10km, shook the Poso Regency and was felt in the nearby areas. Twenty-nine people were injured, two critically, it added.
There were no immediate reports of deaths, BNBP noted.
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. REUTERS
