Powerful earthquake shakes Indonesia, no tsunami warning
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Jakarta - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Saturday.
The quake struck at 4:41 pm (0941 GMT). It's epicentre was located 61 kilometres south of the provincial capital of Central SulawesiPalu, at a depth of 10 kilometres, Indonesia's Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency said.
The quake caused brief panic to locals, reports said, but no serious damage or deaths were reported. No tsunami warning was issued by the authorities.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific "ring of fire" and is frequently struck by powerful earthquakes.//DPA
