Strong undersea quake causes stress in western Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A sturdy and shallow undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia on Monday, triggering residents to stress, but there were being no immediate reports of significant destruction or casualties.
The quake prompted worry in Siberut, a coastal city on Mentawai island, the place individuals ran to higher floor, witnesses informed The Related Push. But no important damages had been documented on Mentawai, the closest island to the epicenter.
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake posed no risk of triggering a tsunami, the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency mentioned. Smaller sized earthquakes of 5.9 and 5.2 magnitude also shook the province before on Monday.
The U.S. Geological Survey calculated the quake at magnitude 5.9 and stated it was centered about 170 kilometers (105.6 miles) west-southwest of Pariaman, a coastal metropolis in West Sumatra province at a depth of 18 kilometers (11 miles). Variations in early measurements are frequent.
Indonesia is a seismically energetic archipelago of 270 million people that is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.
In February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at minimum 25 people today and wounded more than 460 in West Sumatra province. In January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed additional than 100 individuals and injured virtually 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A sturdy and shallow undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia on Monday, triggering residents to stress, but there were being no immediate reports of significant destruction or casualties.
The quake prompted worry in Siberut, a coastal city on Mentawai island, the place individuals ran to higher floor, witnesses informed The Related Push. But no important damages had been documented on Mentawai, the closest island to the epicenter.
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake posed no risk of triggering a tsunami, the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency mentioned. Smaller sized earthquakes of 5.9 and 5.2 magnitude also shook the province before on Monday.
The U.S. Geological Survey calculated the quake at magnitude 5.9 and stated it was centered about 170 kilometers (105.6 miles) west-southwest of Pariaman, a coastal metropolis in West Sumatra province at a depth of 18 kilometers (11 miles). Variations in early measurements are frequent.
Indonesia is a seismically energetic archipelago of 270 million people that is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.
In February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at minimum 25 people today and wounded more than 460 in West Sumatra province. In January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed additional than 100 individuals and injured virtually 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.