Name: Powerful earthquake strikes Indonesia
Uploaded: 2021-01-16T21:45:22.000Z
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A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Friday, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds, Mawr, the chief of the disaster agency in West Sulawesi, told Reuters.

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MAWR deaths are likely to be confirmed as workers fan out across the region, rescuing residents trapped under rubble.

Yeah, authorities say the string of earthquakes caused three landslides, damaged bridges to regional hubs and tor down more than 60 homes to hotels.

And the provincial governor's office and the country's meteorology agency has warned of further aftershocks potentially strong enough to trigger a tsunami, a provincial government spokesman said.

Authorities are now focused on restoring telecommunications and delivering tents, food and medical supplies straddling the so called Pacific Ring of Fire.

 Indonesia is regularly hit by earthquakes. 