Indonesia: 6.5 magnitude earthquake

The Indonesian meteorological agency said on January 21, a 6.5-magnitude undersea earthquake shocked the Sulawesi province in northern Indonesia. However, the agency eliminated the risk of tsunamis as announced earlier.

According to Ari, a member of the agency, after an hour of warning about the risk of a tsunami caused by the earthquake, but did not see rising sea levels, authorities removed the possibility of a tsunami. .

Mr. Assi said the earthquake occurred at 19: 27 minutes (local time), the epicenter was 51 km deep under the sea and 160 km southeast of Sulawesi province's Manado. Metro's private television station said the earthquake caused fear in the people of Manado and made some houses cracked walls and electricity in the city. Meanwhile, the US Geological Survey estimates the magnitude of this magnitude 7.3.

* On January 21, a magnitude 5 earthquake struck the eastern Turkish province of Agri, causing homes in many villages in the area to be seriously damaged.

According to the governor of the province of A-gri, Mr. Halil Ibrahim Akpinar, the earthquake of houses in at least three villages was badly damaged, many people in the area panicked and ran away from the house. There is no specific information on the number of people killed. Kandilli Observatory in Istanbul-bun said the earthquake occurred at 9:38 (local time), the epicenter in the town of Tutak, Agri province, near the Armenian border and I -ran.

Earthquakes often occur in Turkey and a 5-magnitude earthquake can cause significant loss of life and property. In August and November 1999, two strong earthquakes in the Northeast also claimed the lives of about 20,000 people.