Powerful quakes rock Sulawesi in Indonesia, but Tsunami warning lifted

The epicentre of the earthquake in Sulawesi, Indonesia. - Screengrab from the Malaysian Meteorological Department website www.met.gov.my

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP): Powerful earthquakes jolted the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday (Sept 28), damaging houses and killing at least one person.

The US Geological Survey said the strongest of two major quakes had a magnitude of 7.5 and was centred at a depth of 10km, 56km northeast of the central Sulawesi town of Donggala. The quake briefly triggered a tsunami warning.