The magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook Indonesia

Last night, a 6.2-magnitude quake struck the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia but there was no tsunami warning and no information was available on the damage and casualties.

Indonesia's Geophysical and Meteorological Agency said the earthquake occurred at 8:38 pm on October 13, local time with the epicenter located 18km deep on the seabed and about 195km from Melonguane district in North Sulawesi province. to the southeast.

A house collapsed in Sumatra after the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in late September.

" The earthquake does not pose a tsunami risk. We are determining whether people are injured ," said Suharjono, technical director of the Geophysical and Meteorological Agency.

Indonesia, with a population of over 230 million people, is located on the fire belt of the Pacific Ocean, where two plains meet, so volcanoes and seismic activities are frequent.

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Sumatra last month killed 809 people, according to official government figures. But the United Nations said the number of casualties could reach more than 1,100.