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Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia, official says

Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia, official says

A map showing the location of the earthquake shared on social media by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

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JAKARTA: Dozens of people were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Sulawesi, Indonesia, early on Sunday (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, 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.

Source: CNA/mp
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