Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes western Indonesia


(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) JAKARTA, 20th April, 2021 (WAM/Reuters) -- An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck in the Nias region in western Indonesia, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Tuesday.

EMSC said the quake was at a depth of 10 km, after reporting a depth of 2 km earlier with 5.9 magnitude.

The earthquake was 325 km southwest of the city of Padangsidempuan in North Sumatra, EMSC said.

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Emirates News Agency (WAM)

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