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M6.9 earthquake hits Sulawesi island in Indonesia

Agencies | Updated: 2017-05-29 23:07

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck an area 130 kilometres southeast of the Indonesian city of Palu on the island of Sulawesi, the US Geological Survey reported on Monday.

The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics said there was no threat of a tsunami following the quake.

Reuters