6.4-magnitude earthquake hits Northern Sumatra, Indonesia -- GFZ-Xinhua

6.4-magnitude earthquake hits Northern Sumatra, Indonesia -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-08-15 19:08:45

HONG KONG, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, at 1054 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 163.5 km, was initially determined to be at 2.96 degrees north latitude and 99.03 degrees east longitude.