Dozens injured after quake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Another earthquake has struck Sulawesi, four years after another tremor caused extensive damage.
Another earthquake has struck Sulawesi, four years after another tremor caused extensive damage.

Dozens of people are injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Sulawesi, an Indonesian island east of Borneo.

The country’s disaster mitigation agency said the quake struck early on Sunday, at a depth of 10km, shaking 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.

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.

In January 2021, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Majene, West Sulawesi Province in the early hours of the morning, killing at least 81 people, injuring more than 630, leaving 15,000 homeless and causing extensive damage.

with AAP

Reuters