6.3-magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

Source: Xinhua| 2020-11-17 10:56:07|Editor: huaxia

JAKARTA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A 6.3-magnitude quake jolted Indonesia's western West Sumatra province on Tuesday morning, but did not potentially trigger a tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The quake struck at 8:44 a.m. Jakarta time (0144 GMT) with the epicenter at 109 km southwest Tuapejat of the province and the shallow at 10 km under sea bed. Enditem

KEY WORDS:
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001395217121