Indonesia’s Sumatra Island Rattled by 6.1 Magnitude Quake

School students and staff gather in an open area after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near Mentawai Islands, in South Nias, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2022, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Facebook/Doniman Aro Harefa/via Reuters

JAKARTA, Indonesia—A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Aug. 29, according to the country’s geophysics agency.

Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency (BMKG) recorded the shallow quake off the Mentawai islands, off Sumatra’s west coast just before 10:30 a.m. local time; the agency said it didn’t trigger a tsunami warning.