Earthquake Today in Indonesia: 6.5 Quake Hits Near Sulawesi

Earthquake Today in Indonesia: 6.5 Quake Hits Near Sulawesi
Jack Phillips
9/9/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

An earthquake struck near Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey.

The USGS said the quake hit 138 miles south of the town of Manado, located in the northern portion of Sulawesi.

It’s unclear if there was any damage done.

AP update for earthquakes:

Small quakes shake south-central Kansas 

WELLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — Emergency management officials in south-central Kansas say there are no reports of damage from a series of small earthquakes that shook Sumner County.

The U.S. Geological Survey says two of the quakes were centered southeast of Conway Springs. A magnitude 3.9earthquake struck just before 8 a.m. Monday, followed at 10:23 a.m. by a temblor with a magnitude of 3.1.

KWCH-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1oky03E ) people in Wellington also felt a quake with a magnitude of 4.1 that was recorded just after 11 a.m. near Medford, Oklahoma, about 40 miles away.

Erin Hauss, a manager at a Sears in Wellington, told KWCH she thought something had struck the store. Hauss didn’t know what had happened until a friend who formerly lived in California told her that earthquakes had struck.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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