Europe 1 with AFP 21:07 p.m., April 03, 2023

According to the US Geophysical Institute (USGS), a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred on Monday off the Sumatran Islands in Indonesia. Indonesia's seismology agency has asked people living near the epicenter to be wary of aftershocks.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck around 21:59 p.m. (14:59 p.m. local time) off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Monday, according to the U.S. Geophysical Institute (USGS). The epicenter of the earthquake is southwest of the city of Padangsidempuan, in northern Sumatra at a depth of 84 km, said the USGS stressing that no tsunami warning had been issued at this stage. Indonesia's seismology agency has asked people living near the epicenter to be wary of aftershocks. There were no immediate reports of damage in Indonesia's mainstream media.

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"Our house shook hard"

"The earthquake was quite strong and long. It wasn't business as usual. This time, our house shook heavily," said Dody, a resident of North Tapanuli in North Sumatra, who, like many Indonesians, goes by only one name. Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific "ring of fire", where tectonic plates collide. On November 21, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the province of West Java on the main island of Java, killing 602 people.