Strong quake off Indonesia's Sumatra, no
tsunami alert
A strong 6.9-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's western Sumatra
at 3:38pm this afternnon Singapore time
The country's geophysics agency said that the epicentre of the
quake was located 43 kilometres southeast of Siberut in western
Sumatra.
It was measured at a depth of 32 kilometres.
No tsunami warning has been issued so far.
Padang, the biggest city in West Sumatra, was a scene of panic
after the earthquake struck.
32-year-old Budhi Bakhtiar who lives in Padang says he was
resting at home when the quake struck.
And after that, he says his neighbours were even prepared to
move to higher ground.
The strong quake in Western Sumatra has caused tremors to be
felt in other parts of Indonesia and Singapore as well.
In Pekanbaru in Riau Province, Brad Sanders, a fire and
sustainability manager, was having a lunch break when he felt the
ground shaking beneath him.
In Singapore, tremors were felt across large parts of the
island.
Callers to the MediaCorp news hotline reported tremors in areas
like Marine Parade, Beach Road, Punggol, Balestier, Toa Payoh and
Potong Pasir.
--938Live
