6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia

6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia
# 23 June 2020 13:23 (UTC +04:00)

A major earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale has hit the Minahassa Peninsula of Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), APA reports citing Sputnik.

The tremor struck at a depth of 114 km, according to the to German Research Center for Geosciences.

​The Indonesian geophysical institute BMKG put the quake's magnitude at 6.1.

There is no tsunami threat.

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