Important Takeaways:

• Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Kepulauan Talaud
• An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has been registered in the area of the Talaud Islands in Indonesia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center reported.
• The quake’s epicenter was located 171 kilometers southeast of the Philippine city of General Santos, home to about 679,000 people. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91 kilometers.
• It did not trigger a tsunami alert, according to the US Tsunami Warning System and the Philippine seismological agency.” By the grace of God it was not that strong in our province,” said Chief Master Sergeant Ian Roy Balandan of the Sarangani provincial police office on Mindanao. Balandan told AFP there had been no reports of casualties or damage to infrastructure or houses. “It was really mild. People hardly felt it,” he said.
• This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Kepulauan Talaud.”

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