Earthquake of 5.4 magnitude strikes Indonesia’s Sulawesi: USGS

The quake struck 129 km south-east of the city of Palu at a depth of 10km.PHOTO: USGS

SINGAPORE, Mar 24, 2019, Reuters. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Sunday (March 24), the US Geological Survey said, reported The Straits Times.

The quake struck 129 km south-east of the city of Palu at a depth of 10km. It was revised from an originally reported magnitude of 5.8 and depth of 36 km.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

A quake-and-tsunami disaster killed more than 2,000 people on Sulawesi last year.

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