A strong undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia on Wednesday morning, but no tsunami warnings were issued for the country or the Oregon coast.
A strong undersea earthquake rocked western Indonesia on Wednesday, but no injuries were reported immediately.
The US Geological Survey said the 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles) and was centered 217 kilometers (135 miles) south-southwest of the city of Bengkulu, in the province of Bengkulu, on the southwest side. from the island of Sumatra.
No tsunami alerts were issued by the Indonesian Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysical Agency and no victims were reported immediately.
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 271 million inhabitants, is frequently hit by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location in the “Ring of Fire”, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.
–The Associated Press
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