6.0-magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued-Xinhua

6.0-magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

Source: Xinhua| 2022-05-17 03:25:30|Editor: huaxia

JAKARTA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's western province of Bengkulu early Tuesday, but it was not potential for a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake hit at 01:58 a.m. Tuesday Jakarta Time (1858 GMT Monday), with the epicenter at 51 km southwest of Enggano Island and the shallow of 10 km under seabed, the agency said.

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