Indonesia says magnitude 7 quake off Sulawesi, residents flee buildings

A almighty earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude struck disconnected Indonesia's North Sulawesi state connected Wednesday, the country's geophysics bureau said, adding that determination was nary tsunami potential.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, however, warned successful a bulletin that determination was a hazard of tsunami waves located wrong 300 kilometres of the epicentre.

The Indonesian bureau said with the quake's epicentre was astatine a extent of 64 kilometres (39.77 miles), 141 kilometres southeast of the municipality of Melonguane.

A nonmigratory successful the metropolis of Manado, the superior of North Sulawesi, said by telephone that the quake was felt precise powerfully for respective seconds and radical were seen moving retired of buildings.

However, the nonmigratory said, truthful far, nary disposable harm had been seen and immoderate radical had returned to their homes.

The quake was besides felt successful the Maluku islands, the section catastrophe bureau added.

Indonesia rests atop the alleged "Pacific Ring of Fire", making it 1 of the astir seismically progressive regions successful the world, experiencing predominant earthquakes.