By DPA
Jakarta : Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning Tuesday following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake off the western coast of Sumatra Island, but it was later cancelled after no giant waves materialised.
The quake struck at 10:43 a.m. (03.43 GMT), 159 km southwest of Bengkulu province and at a depth of 20 km, said Budi Waluyo, an official at the National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency in Jakarta.
“It was strongly felt in Bengkulu, but so far there are no reports of damage,” he told DPA.
The quake occurred at the site of a convergence of two tectonic plates, which had triggered a series of strong quakes last month that killed at least 24 people and prompted several tsunami warnings.
Indonesia lies within the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, where there is frequent seismic activity.