6.0-magnitude quake hits Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia - GFZ


JAKARTA (Xinhua/Bernama): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia at 04:31 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 9.73 degrees south latitude and 97.57 degrees east longitude.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) in a statement said that the epicentre of the earthquake was located 835 km southwest of Bengkulu, with a depth of 30 kilometres.

It poses no tsunami threat to Malaysia.

There were no also immediate reports of damage. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Indonesia straddles the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the Earth's crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanic activity. - Xinhua/Bernama

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