One dead after magnitude 5 "twin earthquakes" strike North Sumatra


Illustrative file photo. - AFP

MEDAN: Two powerful earthquakes hit North Tapanuli regency in North Sumatra on Tuesday (March 18) morning, triggering a landslide that killed one person and injured one other.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency’s (BMKG) director for earthquakes and tsunamis Daryono said the first earthquake struck at 5.22am with a magnitude of 5.5, followed by a second earthquake measuring 5.6 just 56 seconds later.

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