Jakarta: 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast Indonesia‘s Sumatra The island is the third earthquake in the region since early Monday, according to the country’s geophysics agency.
Meteorological and Geophysics Agency of Indonesia (bmkg) recorded a shallow earthquake Mentawai Just before 10.30 a.m. on the west coast of the islands, Sumatra and said it did not give a tsunami warning.
A BMKG spokesperson said the agency had earlier recorded a magnitude of 6.4, but revised it down to 6.1.
Three consecutive earthquakes increased in intensity in the area since early Monday, with a 5.2-magnitude tremor recorded before dawn, followed by a 5.4-magnitude quake less than an hour later.
The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was felt for several seconds by residents of Mentawai Island in the provincial capital. padangand in the mountainous area around Bukitinggi, the disaster agency said in a statement.
The agency said no casualties were reported but there was minor damage to buildings on the island of Siberat.
Separately, Nowriadi, a local disaster official for the Mentawai islands, told Reuters that residents of several villages were evacuated to higher ground and there was little damage to a local church, school and health facility.
The disaster agency urged the public not to panic and warned about the potential for aftershocks.
Padang was hit by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in 2009, which killed more than 1,100 people, injured many and caused widespread destruction.
Indonesia straddles the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, where the various tectonic plates of the Earth’s crust meet and generate constant seismic activity.
Meteorological and Geophysics Agency of Indonesia (bmkg) recorded a shallow earthquake Mentawai Just before 10.30 a.m. on the west coast of the islands, Sumatra and said it did not give a tsunami warning.
A BMKG spokesperson said the agency had earlier recorded a magnitude of 6.4, but revised it down to 6.1.
Three consecutive earthquakes increased in intensity in the area since early Monday, with a 5.2-magnitude tremor recorded before dawn, followed by a 5.4-magnitude quake less than an hour later.
The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was felt for several seconds by residents of Mentawai Island in the provincial capital. padangand in the mountainous area around Bukitinggi, the disaster agency said in a statement.
The agency said no casualties were reported but there was minor damage to buildings on the island of Siberat.
Separately, Nowriadi, a local disaster official for the Mentawai islands, told Reuters that residents of several villages were evacuated to higher ground and there was little damage to a local church, school and health facility.
The disaster agency urged the public not to panic and warned about the potential for aftershocks.
Padang was hit by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in 2009, which killed more than 1,100 people, injured many and caused widespread destruction.
Indonesia straddles the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, where the various tectonic plates of the Earth’s crust meet and generate constant seismic activity.