The island of Sumatra, off Indonesia’s west coast, has been hit by a strong earthquake, which struck at 04.09am this morning. However, Indonesian geophysics agency says the 6.7 quake was not highly effective enough to trigger a tsunami. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre had reported the quake as being of magnitude 6.8 and at a depth of 40 kilometres.
According to ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์บ้าน , residents in some areas, together with the city of Padang, reported feeling the quake strongly. The metropolis is round 1,000 kilometres from the capital, Jakarta. There have been four aftershocks reported, with the strongest at magnitude 6, but no instant reviews of accidents or damage. However, officials nonetheless have to assess more remote areas, together with Nias Selatan within the north of the island, the place communications have been reported as difficult.
Indonesia is no stranger to earthquakes, with the archipelago situated on the seismically energetic site the place different plates of the earth’s crust meet, generally identified as the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Sumatran fault particularly, is regularly active. In 2004, a powerful 9.1 magnitude earthquake on the fault line triggered the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami that killed over 1 / 4 of 1,000,000 individuals throughout 13 countries, together with Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. According to the West Sumatra disaster mitigation company, a 6.1 earthquake killed no less than 10 people last month..