5.9 magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS

Jakarta (AFP) Nov 1, 2021

A 5.9 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning or immediate reports of damage. The offshore quake hit at a shallow depth of six kilometres (3.7 miles), about 255 kilometres south of the town of Sinabang. Shallow quakes tend to do more damage than deep tremors. Indonesia experi