Last Updated: April 25, 2023, 03:53 IST
The quake triggered a tsunami warning, the nation’s Meteorological Department added. (Image: Shutterstock)
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) earlier pegged the quake at 6.9 magnitude
An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck west of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on Tuesday, Indonesia’s geophysics company (BMKG) mentioned.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) earlier pegged the quake at 6.9 magnitude.
The quake was at a depth of 20 km (12.43 miles), EMSC mentioned.
The quake triggered a tsunami warning, the nation’s Meteorological Department added.
Indonesia suffers frequent earthquakes, straddling the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire,” a seismically lively zone the place totally different plates of the earth’s crust meet.
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