Friday, 14 May 2021 03:31 PM MYT
JAKARTA, May 14 ― An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck off the northwest coast of Indonesia s Sumatra island today, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake was at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.
Indonesia s weather and geophysics agency, BMKG, put the quake at 7.2 magnitude and at a depth of 19km but said it had no potential to trigger a tsunami wave.
On December 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off the coast of northwest Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries.
A Twitter user, Siska Sasmita, said today s quake was felt strongly in Padang city on Sumatra s west coast.
By Reuters Staff
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(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck off the northwest coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.
Indonesia’s weather and geophysics agency, BMKG, put the quake at 7.2 magnitude and at a depth of 19 km but said it had no potential to trigger a tsunami wave.
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off the coast of northwest Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries.
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off coast of Indonesia s Sumatra Reuters Indonesia Sumatra earthquake
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck off the northwest coast of Indonesia s Sumatra island on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The Indonesia earthquake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.
Indonesia s weather and geophysics agency, BMKG, put the quake at 7.2 magnitude and at a depth of km but said it had no potential to trigger a tsunami wave.
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off the coast of northwest Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries.
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The quake was at a depth of 10km.PHOTO: USGS
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