JAKARTA: A strong 7.5-magnitude quake struck Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Wednesday, sparking a local tsunami alert and triggering panic, US meteorologists and residents said.
The US Geological Survey said the undersea quake struck at 3:08 pm (0808 GMT) some 312 kilometres (194 miles) west-southwest of the North Sumatra capital Medan, at a depth of 34 kilometres.
Indonesia’s meteorological agency, which put the magnitude of the quake at 6.6, said it struck 42 kilometres northwest of the town of Sinabang, the main town on Simeulue island, in Aceh province.
A 5.5-magnitude aftershock hit shortly afterwards, it said.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a local watch bulletin, saying there was no threat of a “destructive widespread tsunami” but that a local tsunami could affect coastal areas within a 100-kilometre radius.
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