5.8-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Central Indonesia

5.8-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Central Indonesia

JAKARTA, Feb 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – An earthquake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, jolted Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, in the central parts of the country early today (Tuesday), the meteorology and geophysics agency, said.

The quake hit at 02: 22 a.m. Jakarta time Tuesday (today) (1922 GMT Monday) with the epicentre at 90 km north-east of Buol district, and the shallow of 10 km under the sea bed.

The quake did not potentially trigger a tsunami.– NNN-ANTARA

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