The magnitude 6.4 earthquake posed no hazard of triggering a tsunami, the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Company mentioned. Smaller earthquakes of 5.9 and 5.2 magnitude additionally shook the province earlier on Monday.
The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at magnitude 5.9 and mentioned it was centered about 170 kilometers (105.6 miles) west-southwest of Pariaman, a coastal metropolis in West Sumatra province at a depth of 18 kilometers (11 miles). Variations in early measurements are frequent.
Indonesia is a seismically energetic archipelago of 270 million individuals that’s regularly struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.
In February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed no less than 25 individuals and injured greater than 460 in West Sumatra province. In January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed greater than 100 individuals and injured practically 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.
