PHOTO: USGS
PADANG (Indonesia): A powerful earthquake off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Thursday sent panicked people fleeing for higher ground and left eight people injured and scores of buildings damaged.
The 6.5-magnitude quake hit around dawn, waking up residents of the major port city Padang on Sumatra’s west coast and sending them running from their homes.
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