An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 shook the offshore island of Sulawesi on Wednesday,5 November. The country’s geophysics agency said, adding that there was no Tsunami potential

This marks the second major earthquake to strike the country recently. Just last week, a magnitude 6.6 quake hit the Banda Sea near Indonesia’s Maluku Islands, occurring at a depth of about 137 kilometers. At the time, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency also confirmed that there was no tsunami threat, Reuters reported.

Indonesia is located in the seismically active Pacific “Ring of Fire,” and hence the country is prone to earthquakes. The country lies at the confluence of several major tectonic plates, making it one of the most seismically active regions in the world.

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