Residents returned gradually to their homes in western Sumatra after being rattled by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake and several aftershocks.
The earthquake, which took place out at sea at about 3 a.m. , triggered a tsunami warning that was lifted two hours later. There were no reports of casualties.
"We just ran because we heard there was a tsunami. I just brought my family, we didn't bring anything else," Hendra, a Padang resident who goes by one name, said while in an evacuation zone. The national disaster mitigation agency urged residents to stay alert and ensure that home exits remained unblocked in case people needed to rush outside again.
The agency said there were power outages in some parts of the Mentawai Islands, which were closest to the epicentre.
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