Strong Earthquake Hit Off Western Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s western province of Bengkulu last night, but did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake jolted at 21:31 Jakarta time (1431 GMT), with the epicentre at 64 km south-west of Kaur district, and the depth at 12 km under the seabed, the agency said.–

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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