Jakarta: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s western province of Bengkulu on Tuesday evening, but there were no reports of damages or casualties, officials said.
The meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency did not issue a tsunami warning as the tremors did not have the potential to trigger giant waves in the waters of the province.
The quake jolt at 21:31 Jakarta time (1431 GMT ), with the epicenter at 64 km southwest of Kaur district and the depth at 12 km under the seabed, the agency said. The tremors were also felt in the nearby provinces of Lampung, South Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Jambi. A spokesman for the country’s national disaster management and mitigation agency Abdul Muhari said the jolts did not cause damage or leave those wounded.
“So far, there were no preliminary reports of buildings or houses damaged here or those killed due to the tremors,” he told Xinhua via phone. The spokesman con- firmed that similar reports also came from the two ha rdest-hit areas, the Kaur district in Bengkulu provi nce and the Liwa town of West Lampung district in Lampung province.
“The shakes of the quakes were felt here, but they did not cause damages, including in the Kaur district,” Ibnu Hasyim, head of the logistic unit of the disaster management and mitigation agency of Bengkulu province, told Xinhua by phone.
