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Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes southern Sumatra in Indonesia

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09:58 - 19/08/2020 Wednesday
Update: 09:59 - 19/08/2020 Wednesday
REUTERS
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck southern Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The quake was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), EMSC said, revised from an earlier depth of 15 km.

No tsunami is expected from the quake, it said.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific's seismically active "Ring of Fire" and often suffers deadly earthquakes and tsunamis.

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