The earthquake struck Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi Province on Tuesday, June 16
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- A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia on Tuesday, June 16, killing one person and injuring dozens more
- The earthquake caused significant damage with homes, businesses and bridges all reported damaged
- Over 400 aftershocks were reportedly recorded in the region, with the strongest reaching a magnitude of 5.2
At least one person was killed and dozens of others injured after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Central Sulawesi Province.
On Tuesday, June 16, Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Response (BNPB) said in a Facebook release that the earthquake had severely damaged homes and businesses across the region, with one person reported dead in the almost completely landlocked Sigi County.
A total of 13 others were seriously injured in the earthquake, while 25 people suffered minor injuries, the BNPB added.
“The most reported damage is in Sigi County with 47 houses affected, 23 lightly damaged houses … and 12 heavily damaged houses,” the BNPB statement continued. Six worship facilities, two office buildings and one bridge in the area were also damaged in the earthquake, it stated.
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“In Poso County, five units of houses were affected and three houses were slightly damaged. Parigi Moutong County reports about 15 houses units affected,” the BNPB continued. “In the City of Palu, cracks were reported to have occurred on Bridge III, one public facility was affected, one hotel suffered damage, and one business place was affected.”
Photos from the earthquake show collapsed buildings and debris strewn across the ground in the affected regions, along with residents fleeing their homes and hospital patients being evacuated from local hospitals.
As of 8:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday, June 17, 446 aftershocks were recorded on the island of Sulawesi, local news outlet Antara News reported, citing the Palu Geophysics Station of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). The strongest aftershock was of magnitude 5.2 and the weakest was a magnitude 1.3.
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“BNPB, together with BMKG and the local government, continues to monitor the development of the situation…,” the BNPB told Antara News. “[We] will continue to monitor and communicate the update of handling the impact of the earthquake in Central Sulawesi periodically as the process of landing and handling in the field continues.”
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The earthquake comes after a 7.4-magnitude quake struck the western Pacific Ocean within Indonesia, on April 2, PEOPLE previously reported.
A 70-year-old woman died when a building collapsed in Manado, the capital city of the North Sulawesi province, the Associated Press reported. At least one other resident was injured in the collapse.
PEOPLE has reached out to the BNPB for comment.
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