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View all search resultsDozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Central Sulawesi
The quake, at a depth of 10 km (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.
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Natural calamity: A 6.6 Ritcher scale shatters goods displayed in a grocery story in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on May 29. (JP/Ruslan Sangadji)
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ozens of people were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Central Sulawesi, early on Sunday, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said.
The quake, at a depth of 10 km (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.
Last week, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Papua, the US Geological Survey said.
The epicentre of the quake, which struck at around 5:24 pm (0824 GMT), was around 193 kilometres northwest of the town of Abepura in Papua, USGS said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
USGS earlier gave a magnitude of 6.5 before revising it downward.
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.
A magnitude 6.2 quake that shook Sulawesi in January 2021 killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless.
In 2018, a magnitude 7.5 quake and subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi killed more than 2,200 people.
And in 2004, a magnitude 9.1 quake struck Aceh province, causing a tsunami and killing more than 170,000 people in Indonesia.
