5.8 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesian province of Mamuju

• The earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres under the epicentre at 1:32 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 8th, 2022.
• It struck near Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, only 13 minutes ago.

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the primary international agencies that monitor seismic activity globally, recorded a magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Mamuju, Kabupaten Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, only 13 minutes ago.

The earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres under the epicentre at 1:32 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 8th, 2022.

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The earthquake was eventually classified as a magnitude 5.3 earthquake by France’s Reseau National de Surveillance Sismique (ReNaSS).

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 5.7 earthquake, and RaspberryShake’s citizen-seismograph network reported a magnitude 5.6 earthquake.

As per preliminary seismic data, the quake was likely felt by a large number of people in the epicentre area. Other than goods tumbling from shelves, shattered windows, and so on, it should not have caused substantial damage.

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Weak shaking was possibly detected in Majene (pop. 37,700), which is 88 kilometres from the epicentre, and Polewali (pop. 58,200), which is 107 kilometres away.