The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) earlier pegged the quake at 6.9 magnitude. theSun theSundaily Sumatra earthquake Indonesia Tsunami
: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck west of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on Tuesday, Indonesia’s geophysics agency said, triggering a tsunami warning for around two hours.
Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said authorities were collecting data from the islands nearest the epicentre off the western shore of Sumatra, spokesperson Abdul Muhari said. “People left their homes. Some were panicking but under control. Currently some of them are evacuating away from the sea,“ he said, adding he had seen no damage so far.
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