Jakarta - A strong earthquake struck off the western coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra late Saturday. There were no immediate reports of injury and structural damage, seismologists said.

The quake, measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale, jolted Sumatra's Bengkulu province at 11:01 pm (1601 GMT). Its epicentre lay about 142 kilometres south-west, the National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said, about 23 kilometres beneath the seabed in the Indian Ocean.

The US Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 6.8 on the Richter scale.

Jakarta  - The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck off Indonesia's North Sulawesi province increased to six with nearly 80 people injured, officials said Tuesday.

Of the 77 people injured in Monday's magnitude-7.7 quake, 13 were in serious condition, said Rustam Pakaya, head of the Health Ministry's crisis centre.

Pakaya said three people were killed and 45 injured in the Buol district of Central Sulawesi province while three people died and 32 were injured by falling debris in the northern district of Gorontalo.

Jakarta  - Indonesia's annual economic growth in the third quarter slowed from the second as the global financial crisis weighed on export demand, particularly for its commodities, media reports said Tuesday.

According to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the economy expanded 6.1 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter, slowing from 6.4 per cent growth seen in the preceding three months. However, that was better than the expected growth of 5.9 per cent.

Jakarta - At least four people were killed, nearly 60 others wounded and more than 1,500 buildings were damaged after a powerful undersea earthquake struck off the Indonesia's North Sulawesi early Monday, officials said.

The 7.7-magnitude quake struck at 1:02 am (1702 GMT Sunday) with its epicenter in the sea about 138 kilometres north-west of Gorontalo on North Sulawesi, about 1,950 kilometres north-east of Jakarta. It occurred about 10 kilometres beneath the seabed.

The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 7.5 on the Richter scale.

Indonesia's National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) briefly issued a tsunami warning, but the alert was canceled after no tidal waves materialized, an official said.

Jakarta  - The powerful undersea earthquake that struck Indonesia's North Sulawesi province and nearby regions early Monday killed at least one person, injured three others and collapsed hundreds of buildings, officials said.

The quake at 01:02 am (1702 GMT Sunday) measured 7.7 on the Richter scale. Its epicentre was located about 138 kilometres north- west of Gorontalo on North Sulwesi, about 1,950 kilometers east- northeast of Jakarta. It occurred about 10 kilometres beneath the seabed.