Magnitude 6.8 Quake Strikes Southern Sumatra, Indonesia: EMSC

Magnitude 6.8 Quake Strikes Southern Sumatra, Indonesia: EMSC
Bengkulu, Indonesia on Aug. 19, 2020. (USGS)
Reuters
8/18/2020
Updated:
8/18/2020

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck southern Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

No tsunami is expected from the quake, it said.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific’s seismically active “Ring of Fire” and often suffers deadly earthquakes and tsunamis.

By Bhargav Acharya