The Indonesian disaster mitigation agency said that a 6.2-magnitude earthquake on the country’s Sulawesi island killed at least 34 people, injured 600 others and damaged many buildings on Friday.
This quake forced the residents to fled to safer areas, according to Reuters. The epicentre of the quake was six kilometres (3.73 miles) northeast of Majene city at a depth of 10 kilometres.
Thousands had fled their homes to seek safety when the quake, that did not trigger a tsunami warning. hit just after 1 am local time on Friday morning, damaging at least 60 homes, the agency said.
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