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Indonesia says magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Sumatra, no tsunami alert
File picture shows a staff member of the Seismology Center, pointing on a chart of the earthquake activity detected by the central Weather Bureau in Taipei. A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted northeastern Taiwan early on May 21, 2014. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
Tuesday, 17 Nov 2020 10:19 AM MYT

JAKARTA, Nov 17 — A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s West Sumatra province today, Indonesia’s meteorological, climatology and geophysical agency said in a tweet on its official account.

The agency said that no tsunami warning had been issued for the earthquake, which occurred more than 100 kilometres from land and at a depth of 10 km.

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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre downgraded its magnitude for the quake to 5.8 from 6.2 initially. — Reuters

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