At least 34 people have been killed and over 600 injured as a result of the earthquake that struck after midnight on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. Landslides have occurred in some places since the earthquake. The authorities provided the information. The magnitude of the quake was 6.2 on the Richter scale, Indonesian officials said. More information on casualties and earthquake damage in the affected areas is being collected.
In a video released by the National Disaster Reduction Agency, a young girl is trapped in the ruins of a home and is appealing for help. The child was also telling her mother was alive, but could not get out. Rescuers said he was trying his best to help her.
TV channels have reported that an earthquake has collapsed in the area and patients have been evacuated to makeshift tents outside. The Geological Survey of America reports that about two thousand people are housed in many makeshift shelters. The epicenter of the quake was 18 km deep in the Mamuzu district of western Sulawesi province.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the sea in the same area on Thursday. President Joko Widodo, addressing the nation on television, said he had asked the social minister, army, police and disaster agency chief to take swift measures and carry out rescue operations.
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