Indonesia Issues Tsunami Warning After 6.8 Quake Strikes Off Sulawesi Coast - The Weather Channel

Sign in Nemberala, Indonesia, showing direction for evacuation in the event of a tsunami.

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• A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island Friday evening.
• The quake prompted the country's geophysics agency to issue a tsunami warning.

The Indonesian geophysics agency is warning of a possible tsunami after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Friday off the coast of Sulawesi island.

“The earthquake has the potential to trigger a tsunami,” Harry Tirto, spokesperson for the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, said in a release obtained by The Jakarta Post.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the powerful quake struck around Friday 6:40 p.m. local time at a depth of 10.5 miles.

The epicenter of the quake is located beneath the sea about 149 miles from Kandari City. No cities have been impacted, according to reports.

The USGS also notes that there are no "tsunami warnings, advisories, watches or threats," although they do not issue warnings for Indonesia.

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2019-04-12 12:57:05Z
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