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MEDAN (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Residents in Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra returned home by Tuesday (April 25) afternoon after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake earlier in the day.

Seismic event near Sumatra triggers tsunami warning for two hours

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck west of Indonesia's Sumatra Island has triggered a tsunami warning that lasted...

JAKARTA (Reuters) -A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck west of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Tuesday, Indonesia's geophysics agency (BMKG) said, triggering a tsunami warning for around two hours. The tsunami warning, asking local authorities to immediately instruct residents of the affected area to move away from shores, has since been lifted. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) earlier pegged the quake at 6.9 magnitude.

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A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck west of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Tuesday, Indonesia's geophysics agency (BMKG) said, triggering ...

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck west of Indonesias Sumatra Island has triggered a tsunami warning that lasted for about two hours.

There is no threat to Sri Lanka from the magnitude 7.3 earthquake which struck west of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, the National Tsunami Early Warning Center said. The National Tsunami Early Warning Center said that the coastal areas of Sri Lanka have been declared safe. A magnitude 7.3 earthqu

Geophysics agency issued a tsunami warning lasting two hours after initially reporting a higher quake magnitude of 7.3

A tsunami warning has been lifted following a magnitude 7.3 earthquake which stuck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Tuesday morning.