JAKARTA – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia today, with no tsunami alert issued, Xinhua quoted the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics agency.
The quake took place at 9.26am local time (0226 GMT), with the epicentre at 39km southeast of Melonguane town of Talaud district and the shallow end of 12km under seabed, the agency said.
Meanwhile, Xinhua also reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 231km southeast of Sarangani, Philippines at 10.26am (Malaysia time) today.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the epicentre, with a depth of 23.99km, was initially determined to be at 3.6951 degrees north latitude and 126.6747 degrees east longitude. – Bernama, January 22, 2022