An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude struck Sulawesi, Indonesia on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. 

The Indonesian Embassy in Turkey has said that there are no reports of Indonesian victims from a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit the Aegean Sea off the coasts of Turkey and Greece on Friday.

According to a statement released on Friday, the Indonesian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, stated that it would continue coordination with local authorities, the Indonesian citizen protection task force in the country, and communities in the affected region.

As of now, there have been no reports of Indonesian citizens who were directly impacted by the earthquake, according to Harliyanto, the embassy's coordinator for citizen protection.

According to embassy records, 98 Indonesian citizens are known to live in Izmir, Turkey, and the adjacent areas that were impacted by the tremor. The majority of them are spa employees and students. A total of 5,000 Indonesians, including 2,700 students and 1,500 spa workers, reside in Turkey.

For Indonesian citizens, the embassy has established a hotline at +90-532-135-2298.

Buildings in Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city after Istanbul and Ankara, sustained major damage as a result of the powerful earthquake that occurred in the Aegan Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos. According to reports, Istanbul, which is 400 kilometres from the earthquake's epicentre, experienced tremors as well.
Also impacted were the nearby cities of Usak, Denizli, Manisa, Balikesir, Aydin, and Mugla.

As of Saturday morning, the earthquake had claimed the lives of at least 17 people in Turkey and two in Greece, according to Reuters. 709 people were hurt, according to Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Administration (AFAD), and at least 17 structures were damaged or collapsed.

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