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Indonesia quake toll rises to six

Indonesia - Death toll rises
Indonesia - Death toll rises

Six people were killed and some 10,000 displaced by the 7.5-magnitude earthquake which struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island.

Two more bodies were pulled from the rubble today, adding to the four already reported dead in the weekend quake which triggered tsunami warnings and sent thousands of people fleeing to higher ground.

Health Ministry crisis centre head Rustam Pakaya confirmed the latest deaths and said about 160 people were injured.

The district chief in the worst-hit area of Buol, in Central Sulawesi, said about 1,120 houses had been flattened.

The shallow quake struck in the middle of Sunday night off the coastal town of Gorontalo.

Authorities immediately warned it was strong enough to cause a tsunami but no wave materialised.