More than 600 people were reported to have been injured in the quake, which struck inland between the coastal cities of Mamuju and Majene. “I’m afraid to say how many fatalities,” said Ardiansyah, an emergency response official for West Sulawesi Province. Straddling the so-called Pacific 'Ring of Fire', Indonesia, a nation of high tectonic activity, is regularly hit by earthquakes. And on Sunday, at least 24 people were killed in landslides on Java island. The area hit by the quake was about 160 miles southwest of the city of Palu, where a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck in 2018, liquefying part of the city and killing thousands.

Source: bd News24 January 15, 2021 01:30 UTC