A magnitude 6 earthquake was detected Monday morning off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
According to the American Seismological Institute USGS, the epicenter of the earthquake is located about 48 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Singkil, in the Indonesian province of Aceh, at a depth of 48 kilometers.
No casualties or significant damage were reported immediately.
The tremor occurred around 6:30 a.m. local time (2330 GMT Sunday).
The quake was "felt in Medan", about 120 kilometers north-northeast of the epicenter, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center reported.
The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) assigned the quake a magnitude greater than 6.2.
Frequent seismic activity
Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', where tectonic plates collide.
On November 21, 602 people perished in a 5.6 magnitude earthquake that shook the densely populated province of West Java on the main island of Java.
More recently, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred on January 10 off Indonesia and East Timor, also deep in the ocean.
It injured one person and destroyed fifteen houses and two schools, according to the Indonesian Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).
More than 230,000 dead in 2004
The deadliest earthquake in Indonesia, which occurred off Sumatra on December 26, 2004, killed more than 230,000 people as far as Sri Lanka, India and Thailand and caused gigantic waves, reaching up to 30 meters in height. on the shore of Banda Aceh, North Sumatra.
It was magnitude 9.1.
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