Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia region–EMSC

Sulawesi quake

This handout picture taken and released on January 19, 2021 by Indonesia’s presidential palace shows Indonesian President Joko Widodo (2nd L) visiting Mamuju, after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on January 15. (Photo by Handout / INDONESIA’S PRESIDENTIAL PALACE / AFP) 

A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia region, on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.

The quake was at a depth of 145 km (90.09 miles), EMSC said.

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