{"id":41081,"date":"2025-04-22T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/41081\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:38:07","slug":"indonesia-earthquake-powerful-6-6-magnitude-tremor-strikes-holiday-spot-loved-by-brits-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/41081\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia earthquake: Powerful 6.6 magnitude tremor strikes holiday spot loved by Brits | World | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Indonesia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indonesia<\/a>, according to the local Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG). The agency reported the quake at around 10:17pm local time and noted that there was no threat of a tsunami. It hit 95km (59 miles) northeast of Melonguane &#8211; a town and district in Talaud Islands Regency in North Sulawesi province.<\/p>\n<p>BMKG said: &#8220;An <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Earthquakes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/earthquakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earthquake<\/a> has occurred with magnitude: 6.6 SR, 95 km NorthEast KEP-TALAUD-SULUT, at: 22-Apr-25 10:17:17 UTC, No TSUNAMI threat (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)&#8221; The United States Geological Survey (USGS) also recorded a 5.7 magnitude earthquake 141km (87 miles) south-southwest of Banjar, West Java.<\/p>\n<p>There have been no reports of casualties or damage to buildings from either earthquake, as they are both believed to be relatively weak.<\/p>\n<p>However, BMKG warned of possible aftershocks following the Talaud Islands quake.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere across Indonesia, the USGS reported a 4.7 magnitude earthquake 60km (37 miles) east of Modisi &#8211; a town in South Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi Province.<\/p>\n<p>The Survey also registered a 4.5 magnitude quake 153km (95 miles) west-southwest of Fakfak &#8211; a regency of West Papua province of Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>None of the earthquakes around the islands have caused any casualties or damage as yet, and there have been no reports of aftershocks or tsunamis.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia experiences thousands of earthquakes annually, primarily due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire.<\/p>\n<p>While most are minor, some are significant and can cause damage and casualties. Earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.0 or lower occur almost daily, according to Mercy Corps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia, according to the local Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG). The agency&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23337,14333,8262,23336,12,23339,23338,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-41081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-6-6-magnitude","9":"tag-earthquakes","10":"tag-indonesia","11":"tag-indonesia-earthquake","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-no-tsunami-threat","14":"tag-talaud-islands","15":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114381658784366075","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}