One dead, dozens injured after Indonesian quake


JAKARTA, June 17 (Reuters) - ⁠One person died and dozens were injured ⁠after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Sulawesi ‌island on Tuesday, the disaster mitigation agency said.

Here are the details:

• The quake struck on Tuesday morning, with the epicentre ​recorded about 42 km (26 miles) ⁠to the southeast of ⁠the town of Palu at a depth of 10 ⁠km, ‌Indonesia's geophysics agency BMKG said.

• One person died in the Sigi region, the ⁠disaster agency said late on Tuesday, without ​providing further ‌details. It said 38 people were injured.

• ⁠There was ​damage on the road connecting three regions in Central Sulawesi province.

• The agency said the quake also ⁠damaged places of worship, bridges and ​offices, as well as 67 homes.

• The quake did not trigger a tsunami.

• In 2018, a 7.5-magnitude ⁠earthquake hit Palu and its surrounding areas, triggering a tsunamiof up to 6 metres (20 feet) and killing thousands, in one of Indonesia's worst recent ​disasters.

• Prone to earthquakes, Indonesia ⁠is a tectonically complex part of the "Pacific Ring ​of Fire", a seismically active ‌belt of volcanoes stretching from ​South America to the Russian Far East.

(Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing by John Mair)

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