A powerful earthquake in Indonesia..!? 5.9 on the Richter scale..!?

 A powerful earthquake in indonesia has caused shock. This earthquake was recorded in West Aceh province this morning. It is 5.9 on the Richter scale. The country's meteorological center has announced that no major damage has been reported. According to initial information, the earthquake was recorded at 2.48 am Jakarta time at a magnitude of 6.2, and later at 5.9, the meteorological center said. No tsunami warning was issued as it did not cause major damage.  Speaking on this, Joban A. Xinhua, a senior official at the Aceh Provincial Disaster Management Agency, said that indonesia, which is an archipelago, is located in an area where earthquakes are frequently recorded. Therefore, earthquakes occur. There are 127 volcanoes. Three earthquakes struck indonesia on Tuesday, with a 5.5-magnitude tremor hitting North Sumatra province in the morning, and two earlier quakes in Maluku and east Nusa Tenggara, the country's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency reported. The 5.5-magnitude quake struck North Sumatra province at 5:22 a.m. local time on Tuesday. The epicenter was located 17 km southeast of North Tapanuli Regency at a depth of 10 km.
Thousands of people died in the recent earthquakes in thailand and Myanmar. In such a situation, the earthquake in indonesia has caused great fear among the people of the country.
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Sowmiya Sriram

08/04/2025 08:17 PM