KUALA LUMPUR: A strong earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale, occurred at 4am Tuesday (April 25) in southern Sumatra, Indonesia, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department.
It said, in a statement, that the epicentre of the earthquake was 85km north-west of Siberut, Indonesia, at a depth of 48km.
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