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Powerful earthquake jolts Indonesia: 6.3-magnitude tremor strikes Sumatra island; no tsunami alert issued

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sumatra island near Aceh province on Thursday, according to the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). The tremor, which struck at a depth of 10 km, was felt across the region, but authorities confirmed that there is no tsunami threat, Reuters.Indonesia, located on the seismically active Pacific “Ring…

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Powerful earthquake jolts Indonesia: 6.3-magnitude tremor strikes Sumatra island; no tsunami alert issued | World News

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sumatra island near Aceh province on Thursday, according to the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). The tremor, which struck at a depth of 10 km, was felt across the region, but authorities confirmed that there is no tsunami threat, Reuters reported.Indonesia, located on the seismically active Pacific…

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Afghanistan: At least 7 killed, over 150 injured in 6.3-magnitude quake; Mazar-i-Sharif shrine partly destroyed

At least seven people were killed and 150 injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck Afghanistan on Sunday.According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake hit at a depth of 28 km (17.4 miles) near Mazar-e Sharif, which has a population of about 523,000.“A total of 150 people injured and seven martyred have…

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