7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Sumatra
A major earthquake has struck away the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, but you can find no quick reviews of injury or casualties.
The U.S. Geological Survey stated the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5 plus a depth of about 15 kilometers. Its epicenter was 78 kilometers west of Indonesia’s Pagai Selantan island, off Sumatra’s western coast. The quake occurred Monday at 1442 UTC.
Indonesian authorities at first issued a tsunami alert but later lifted it.
Indonesia straddles a number of fault lines that make the vast island nation susceptible to volcanic and seismic activity.
A giant quake hit off Sumatra’s coast on December 26, 2004, triggering an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 folks, 50 percent of them in Indonesia’s Aceh province.
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