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World|life|January 15, 2021 / 11:13 AM
Several dead and hundreds injured in Indonesia earthquake

AKIPRESS.COM - An earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has killed at least seven people and injured hundreds, BBC reports.

More than a dozen patients and staff are reported to be trapped in the rubble of a hospital that was damaged in the quake.

The 6.2-magnitude quake on Friday morning came just hours after an earlier, smaller quake.

Indonesia has a history of devastating earthquakes and tsunamis with more than 2,000 killed in a 2018 Sulawesi quake.

The epicentre of Friday's earthquake was six kilometres (3.73 miles) northeast of Majene city at a depth of 10 kilometres.

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