According to the measurement of the American Geophysical Institute (USGS), the earthquake had a magnitude of 6. The epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred at 17:30 Greek time, is located almost 50 km from the coast of the province of South Sumatra.
There were no reports of widespread damage after the powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia earlier.
The earthquake’s focal depth was 10 km, according to the GFZ.
According to the measurement of the American Geophysical Institute (USGS), the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.
The epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred at 17:30 Greek time, is located almost 50 km from the coast of the province of South Sumatra.
Indonesia, the Southeast Asian island nation of 17,508 islands and home to around 270 million people, is frequently hit by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis due to its location in the Pacific Ocean, as it sits on the so-called ‘Ring of Fire’, a geographic arc of volcanoes and faults.
It is recalled that in February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in the province of West Sumatra. Meanwhile, in January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed more than 100 people and injured nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.
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