A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Indonesia, with no damage known

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Jan 17, 2023 Updated: Jan 17, 2023 9:05 p.m.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – A deep earthquake rocked eastern parts of Indonesia on Wednesday, but no serious damage or injuries were reported.

The USGS said the 6.1-magnitude quake was centered 147 km below sea level, 65 km (40 miles) southeast of Gorontalo. Parts of the provinces of Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, North Maluku and Central Sulawesi were shaken.

The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency issued no tsunami warning.

Indonesia, a vast archipelago and home to more than 270 million people, is frequently hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Basin.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake on November 21 killed at least 331 people in West Java. This is the deadliest in Indonesia since the 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, killing about 4,340 people.

In 2004, a very strong earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, mostly in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

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