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JAKARTA : A moderate, 5.8-magnitude quake struck off Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Sunday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
The quake struck at 3:23 pm (0823 GMT) 89 kilometres (55.3 miles) northeast of the city of Kendari and southeast of Sulawesi province, at a depth of 60 kilometres (37.2 miles), said the Indonesian Meteorology and Climatology Agency.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where the meeting of continental tectonic plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake jolted the country last month, killing more than 1,100 people and leaving an estimated half a million homeless. - AFP/ms
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