A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province on Wednesday, the country’s geophysical agency said, adding that there was no tsunami threat
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province on Wednesday, the country’s geophysical agency said, adding that there was no tsunami threat.
However, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin that there is a risk of tsunami waves within a radius of 300 kilometers from the epicenter.
According to the Indonesian agency, the epicenter of the earthquake was 64 kilometers deep, 141 kilometers southeast of the city of Melonguane.
A resident in the city of Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi, said by phone that the quake was very strong for several seconds. People were seen running out of buildings.
However, the resident said that no visible damage has been observed so far and that some have returned to their homes.
The earthquake was also felt in the Maluku Islands, the local agency added.
Indonesia is located on the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, making it one of the most seismically active regions in the world, with frequent earthquakes.
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