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Associated Press
a day ago
- General
- Associated Press
5.8 magnitude quake rocks Indonesia's Sulawesi island
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — A magnitude 5.8 undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia on Sunday morning, injuring 29 people, including two in critical condition. The quake struck 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) north of Poso district in Central Sulawesi province, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and was followed by at least 15 aftershocks. No tsunami warning was issued by Indonesian authorities. Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said most of the injured had been taken to the regional government hospital. Most of them were the congregation attending Sunday morning service at a church, said National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari on Sunday. 'Amateur videos showing structural damage to the church have been circulating. Poso Disaster Mitigation Agency continues to conduct rapid assessments in the field to determine the initial impact of the earthquake,' Muhari said. Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 270 million people, is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the 'Ring of Fire,' an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. In 2022, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake at least 602 people in West Java's Cianjur city, the deadliest one in Indonesia since a 2018 quake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed more than 4,300 people. In 2004, an extremely powerful Indian Ocean quake set off a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia's Aceh province. ___ Tarigan reported from Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Independent
a day ago
- Health
- The Independent
Powerful earthquake strikes Indonesia leaving dozens injured and two critical
At least 29 people were injured after a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia 's central Sulawesi, sending residents scrambling from buildings in the early hours of Sunday. The shallow quake, striking at a depth of 1 km (6.2 miles), shook Poso Regency and was felt across nearby areas, the country's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said. Two people were critically injured and were receiving treatment at a hospital. One church was reportedly damaged, and sections of another church that were under renovation gave way during the earthquake, trapping several people under the rubble. A video from Poso shows worshippers gathered in a church singing hymns when the tremors struck. As the shaking intensified, the congregation abruptly stopped, with people screaming and rushing towards the exits in panic. Another video captured by a surveillance camera showed intense shaking inside a grocery store. 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 large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
