Indonesia’s National Disaster Agency announced today, Sunday, that the death toll from the earthquake in West Sulawesi province has risen to 73.

The quake measured 6.2 on the Richter scale, causing heavy human and material losses.

For his part, spokesman for the National Disaster Agency, Raditiya Jati, said, "Most of the deaths were in Mamuju, the provincial capital, where 47 of the deaths were recorded."

The spokesman pointed out that the emergency services in three hospitals are ready to receive earthquake victims.

An earthquake struck the western province of Sulayesi early Friday, with the epicenter located 6 kilometers northeast of Mageni, and at a depth of 10 kilometers.