One dead, dozens injured after Indonesian quake

JAKARTA, June 17 (Reuters) - ‌One person ​died ​and dozens were injured after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island ‌on Tuesday, the disaster mitigation agency said.

Here ⁠are the details:

• The quake struck on Tuesday morning, ‌with the epicentre recorded ‌about 42 km (26 miles) to the southeast of the town of Palu at a ​depth of 10 km, Indonesia's geophysics agency BMKG said.

• One person died in the ⁠Sigi region, the disaster agency said late on Tuesday, without ​providing further details. It said 38 people were injured.

• There was damage on ​the road connecting three regions ‌in Central Sulawesi province.

• The agency said the quake also damaged places ⁠of worship, bridges and offices, as well as 67 homes.

• The quake did not trigger a ⁠tsunami.

• In 2018, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit Palu and ​its surrounding areas, triggering a tsunami of up to 6 metres (20 feet) and killing thousands, in one of Indonesia's ‌worst recent disasters.

• Prone to earthquakes, Indonesia is a tectonically complex part ‌of the "Pacific Ring of Fire", a seismically ⁠active belt of ‌volcanoes stretching from ​South America to the Russian Far East.

(Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing by John ‌Mair)

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