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Light Damage Reported From 6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Off Sumatra

Telly Nathalia
January 7, 2020 | 4:54 pm
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The red dot on the map marks the epicenter of a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of BMKG)
The red dot on the map marks the epicenter of a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of BMKG)

Jakarta. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Sinabang in Aceh on Tuesday afternoon, causing light damage. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, or BMKG, did not issue a tsunami warning.

Earlier, the agency said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.4 but soon revised it to 6.1.

The epicenter of the earthquake was detected 24 kilometers southwest of Sinabang in Aceh's Simeulue district at a depth of 13 kilometers. It happened at around 1 p.m., according to the BMKG.

Tremors from the earthquake were felt in Simeulue, Meulaboh, Tapak Tuan and Singkil in Aceh and in Nias, Gunungsitoli and Medan in North Sumatra.

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"In Simeulue, the earthquake caused light damage at two government facilities," Agus Wibowo, a spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), said on Monday.

According to the BMKG, the earthquake was caused by the Indo-Australia plate shifting and hitting the Eurasia plate west of the island of Sumatra.

One aftershock of a magnitude of 3.3 followed the main quake.

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