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An earthquake with a magnitude 6.2 jolted Indonesia’s western North Sumatra province early Tuesday, but it surely was not potential for a tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics company stated, Trend studies citing Xinhua.
The quake rocked at 00:04 a.m. Tuesday Jakarta Time (1704 GMT Monday) with the epicenter at 130 km southwest of Nias Barat district and the shallow at 16 km below sea mattress.
The depth of the quake was felt at degree III to IV of Modified Mercalli Depth on the district, the province’s Nias Selatan district and Nias Utara district, in addition to Mentawai islands situated within the close by province of West Sumatra.
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