Rescuers search for survivors at the ruin of a local government building collapsed during an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing a number of people. - AP
JAKARTA, Jan 15 (Xinhua): The death toll of Indonesia's 6.2-magnitude quake that hit West Sulawesi province early Friday rose to 37 with hundreds of people wounded, an official and two top rescuers said.
More than 10,000 people were forced to evacuate as the quake destroyed houses, office buildings, hotels, hospitals and shopping malls in Mamuju city and Majene district, the National Search and Rescue Agency's Head Bagus Puruhito said.
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