An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck west of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra today but there was no tsunami risk, seismologists said as panicked residents fled their homes.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in the quake, which hit at a depth of 35km at 10.08am at a distance of 73km west of the city of Bengkulu, according to the United States Geological Survey.
“The earthquake was quite strong and shallow, it was felt all the way to Padang, West Sumatra, but there was no threat of a tsunami,” Mochammad Riyadi, an official at Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency said.
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