Strong 6.8 quake hits off eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning: USGS

File: The quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 17 kilometres off the east coast of Sulawesi island, the USGS said.

The quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 17 kilometres off the east coast of Sulawesi island, the USGS said, where a 7.5-magnitude quake-tsunami around the city of Palu killed more than 4,300 people last year. But the USGS warned that considerable damage was possible in poorly built or badly designed structures.

yhooooo SA east cost must get ready for anything ...

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