Jakarta, Aug. 14 (BNA): An undersea earthquake rocked part of eastern Indonesia on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.
The US Geological Survey said the 5.7-magnitude quake occurred about 158 km off the village of Laikit in North Sulawesi province. Reuters reported that the quake’s epicenter was at a depth of 30 km below sea level.
The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, which estimated the quake with a magnitude of 5.9 and a depth of 10 km, said the quake was unlikely to cause a tsunami.
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 270 million people, is frequently hit by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis due to its location on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines that arch the Pacific Ocean.
In February, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in West Sumatra province. In January 2021, the same earthquake killed more than 100 people and injured nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi Province.
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