The tremor hit at 9.43pm local time at a depth of 9.9km.
SULAWESI: A shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit near the Indonesian island of Sulawesi today, the US Geological Survey said.Indonesia’s geophysics agency reported no immediate tsunami but warned of possible aftershocks. It initially reported a magnitude of 6.3.
“It felt like being shaken as if rice was being sifted. It went up and then down. It was really strong because I lived close to the epicentre. It lasted for about 5 seconds,” she told AFP.“I am outside right now, with family and my neighbours,” she added. Last November, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit the Southeast Asian archipelago nation’s Java island, killing 602 people.
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