A strong earthquake struck Indonesia early today, the U.S. Geological Survey has said.
The quake measured a magnitude of 6.1, the survey reported. It hit at 2:33 a.m. today local time (1833 GMT yesterday).
It struck at a depth of six miles and had its epicenter about 135 miles north-northeast of Baubau on Sulawesi and about 1,150 miles east of the capital, Jakarta.
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An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck off West Sumatra in Indonesia on Sept. 30 and killed hundreds of people and caused massive property damage.
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