Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hits Indonesia: EMSC

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JAKARTA (REUTERS) - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Indonesia on Saturday (March 28), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

JAKARTA - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Indonesia on Saturday , the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The quake's epicentre was 105km south of Palu on the island of Sulawesi, and 40km below the earth's surface. Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency noted on its website that two subsequent earthquakes struck nearby areas in the Central Sulawesi province.The spokesman for Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Indonesia is situated on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, which is frequently hit by earthquakes that are sometimes accompanied by tsunamis.

 

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