Mentawai Island residents return home after quake

People gather in a temporary shelter following an earthquake off Mentawai Islands, at Muara Sikabaluan village in Siberut Utara, West Sumatra province on Sept 11, 2022. - AFP

MEDAN (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Residents in Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra returned home by Tuesday (April 25) afternoon after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake earlier in the day.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency reported that the earthquake hit at 3am on Tuesday, with the epicentre located 17km northwest of Mentawai Islands at a depth of 23km, triggering a tsunami warning.