Members of police K-9 squad lead a sniffer dog during a search for victims at a hospital building collapsed in Friday's earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. Rescuers retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by the 6.2 magnitude earthquake while military engineers managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear access for relief goods. - AP
JAKARTA, Jan 17 (dpa): The death toll of a 6.2-magnitude earthquake which shook Indonesia's West Sulawesi province on Friday rose to 62, the national disaster mitigation agency said on Sunday.
Spokesman Raditya Jati said that most of the deaths were in the badly-hit provincial capital Mamuju, where 47 fatalities were recorded, while the other nine victims were found in the neighbouring district of Majene.
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