Strong earthquake shakes Sumatra
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# Strong earthquake recorded off the coast of Sumatra Tuesday morning
# U.S. Geological Survey registered a 6.2-magnitude quake
# No immediate reports of deaths, injuries or damage
(CNN) -- A strong earthquake rattled western Indonesia Tuesday morning, striking off the coast of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, prompting authorities to temporarily issue a tsunami alert.
The epicenter for the 6.2-magnitude quake was about 90 miles (145 km) west-southwest Bengkulu and struck around 10:44 a.m. (11:44 p.m. ET Monday.)There was no sign of large waves on beaches and authorities lifted the alert an hour later.
A series of powerful earthquakes in the same region last month killed 23 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of buildings.
There were no immediate reports of deaths, injuries or damage from Tuesday's temblor.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami on December 26, 2004, killed more than 131,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province and left a half-million homeless.
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# Strong earthquake recorded off the coast of Sumatra Tuesday morning
# U.S. Geological Survey registered a 6.2-magnitude quake
# No immediate reports of deaths, injuries or damage
(CNN) -- A strong earthquake rattled western Indonesia Tuesday morning, striking off the coast of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, prompting authorities to temporarily issue a tsunami alert.
The epicenter for the 6.2-magnitude quake was about 90 miles (145 km) west-southwest Bengkulu and struck around 10:44 a.m. (11:44 p.m. ET Monday.)There was no sign of large waves on beaches and authorities lifted the alert an hour later.
A series of powerful earthquakes in the same region last month killed 23 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of buildings.
There were no immediate reports of deaths, injuries or damage from Tuesday's temblor.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami on December 26, 2004, killed more than 131,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province and left a half-million homeless.
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