At the scene (Source: EPA/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - A 7.7 magnitude quake struck off the Indonesianisland of Sulawesi on September 28, prompting a tsunami alert hours after a 6.1magnitude earthquake destroyed houses in the same area.
The warning was lifted within the hour, but local officials asked peoplein the affected area to remain on the alert as a number of moderate aftershockshit the area.
The earlier quake killed at least one person and injured 10 other, localauthorities said.
A series of earthquakes in July and August killed nearly 500 people onthe holiday island of Lombok, hundreds of kilometres southwest of Sulawesi.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is regularly hit byearthquakes. In 2004, a big earthquake off the northern Indonesian island ofSumatra triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean, killing 220,000 people in13 countries, including more than 168,000 in Indonesia.-VNA
The warning was lifted within the hour, but local officials asked peoplein the affected area to remain on the alert as a number of moderate aftershockshit the area.
The earlier quake killed at least one person and injured 10 other, localauthorities said.
A series of earthquakes in July and August killed nearly 500 people onthe holiday island of Lombok, hundreds of kilometres southwest of Sulawesi.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is regularly hit byearthquakes. In 2004, a big earthquake off the northern Indonesian island ofSumatra triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean, killing 220,000 people in13 countries, including more than 168,000 in Indonesia.-VNA
VNA
