An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale today, Sunday, West Sumatra, Indonesia, and no information is available yet about casualties or material damage by the earthquake, and that according to the local authorities of Indonesia.
The newspaper quoted the Washington Post for Arif Nirahem, a responsible body of Meteorology and Geophysics, Indonesia, saying: "The epicenter was located by the sea, and there are no warnings for a tsunami, because the magnitude of the earthquake less than 7 degrees, and this ratio is moderate."
It is noteworthy that there are earthquakes that shook the coast of Sumatra island last Wednesday and caused the death of 5 people, where the magnitude of the earthquake, the first that hit off the coast of Aceh province, north of the island of Sumatra 8.6 on the Richter scale, while the earthquake struck the second off the west coast of the island of Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.2 degree on the Richter scale.
And issued warnings of a tsunami in the Indian Ocean region following the earthquakes, but it has been raising these warnings.
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