Indonesia is incessantly struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis due to its location on the “Ring of Fire”, an arc of volcanoes and fault strains within the Pacific Basin. Representational file picture. | Photo Credit: Reuters
The quake struck 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) north of Poso district in Central Sulawesi province, in response to the U.S. Geological Survey, and was adopted by at the least 15 aftershocks.
No tsunami warning was issued by Indonesian authorities.
Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency stated many of the injured had been taken to the regional authorities hospital. Most of them have been the congregation attending Sunday (August 17, 2025) morning service at a church, stated National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari on Sunday (August 17, 2025).
“Amateur movies exhibiting structural injury to the church have been circulating. Poso Disaster Mitigation Agency continues to conduct speedy assessments within the area to find out the preliminary impression of the earthquake,” Mr. Muhari stated.
Indonesia, an unlimited archipelago of greater than 270 million individuals, is incessantly struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis due to its location on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault strains within the Pacific Basin.
In 2022, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake at the least 602 individuals in West Java’s Cianjur metropolis, the deadliest one in Indonesia since a 2018 quake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed greater than 4,300 individuals.
In 2004, an especially highly effective Indian Ocean quake set off a tsunami that killed greater than 2,30,000 individuals in a dozen international locations, most of them in Indonesia’s Aceh province.
Published – August 17, 2025 12:08 pm IST
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