Tsunami warning after magnitude 7 quake strikes off Sumatra

Tsunami warning after magnitude 7 quake strikes off Sumatra

The Indonesian geophysics agency has issued a tsunami warning after a magnitude 7 earthquake struck off the island of Sumatra.

A survivor squats on top of the ruins of a village hit by a landslide when an earthquake hit the area of Kapalo Koto in Pariaman, West Sumatra province on October 5, 2009. (AFP pic)
SINGAPORE:
An magnitude 7 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s island of Sumatra today, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The Indonesian geophysics agency issued a tsunami warning after the quake, which the USGS said had hit at a depth of 59km, about 227km from the city of Teluk Betung on the island.

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