A strong earthquake measuring 6.6 magnitude on Richter Scale struck a small island northwest of Sumatra in western Indonesia today, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Initial assessments reported no casualties, damage, or tsunami warnings.
USGS said the quake hit Simeulue Island at 11:56 a.m. local time (04:56 GMT) at a depth of 25 kilometers.
The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning Center confirmed that the tremor posed “no tsunami threat.”
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded the quake at a magnitude of 6.3 and a depth of 10 kilometers, explaining that the seismic activity was not strong enough to trigger a tsunami.
Simeulue Island, which lies close to the epicenter of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, experiences frequent seismic activity as it sits along the seismically active “Ring of Fire.”
