Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes off Sumatra island

A shallow-undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted Sumatra island earlier on Sunday, however, suggested no potential danger of a tsunami, Xinhua quoted the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency as saying.

A shallow-undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted Sumatra island earlier on Sunday, however, suggested no potential danger of a tsunami, Xinhua quoted the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency as saying.

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The quake, which struck at 00.07am (Jakarta time) Sunday (1707 GMT Saturday), had its epicentre at 119 km southwest Krui of Lampung province and a depth at 10 km under sea bed, an official of the agency stated.