M6.7 quake shakes Palu, Samaritan Hospital evacuates patients
BMKG placed the epicenter offshore 42 km southeast of Palu at a depth of 10 km and said the quake posed no tsunami threat.
BMKG placed the epicenter offshore 42 km southeast of Palu at a depth of 10 km and said the quake posed no tsunami threat.
BNPB put the number affected at 109 people, with two bridges cracked and the Palu-Sigi-Poso provincial road collapsed.
Basarnas said no one was killed, RS Undata patients have returned to wards, and the airport was reported safe.
BMKG recorded 118 aftershocks by Wednesday afternoon, while the government reported no deaths and no major campus damage.
Authorities in Sigi reported the fatality as aftershocks continued and damage to homes rose to 67 units.
BMKG placed the aftershock inland, 54 km northwest of Poso, as initial damage from the main quake spread to Palu, Sigi and Parigi Moutong.
Patients were moved to tents and the hospital forecourt after two afternoon aftershocks, even as the main building was deemed usable.
BMKG placed the epicenter 42 km southeast of Palu at a depth of 10 km and said the quake posed no tsunami threat.
As of 12:00 WIB, no deaths had been reported, but five homes in Parigi Moutong were damaged and Palu III was closed.
By 11:20 WIB, BMKG had logged nine aftershocks, the largest at M5.1, and urged residents away from cracked buildings.