6.2-magnitude quake hits Indonesia’s Sulawesi

Indonesia sits on Pacific 'Ring of Fire',where meeting of continental plates causes high seismic activity.

Written by: Agencies

1 min readJakartaApr 25, 2011 10:32 AM IST First published on: Apr 25, 2011 at 10:32 AM IST

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi today,the US Geological Survey said.

The quake hit at a shallow depth of nine km at 2307 GMT around 75 km southeast of the nearest main city of Kendari,the USGS said.