6.8-magnitude earthquake jolts western Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

6.8-magnitude earthquake jolts western Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

JAKARTA — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s western province of Bengkulu on Friday evening, but did not trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake jolted 212 km SW of Bengkulu at 13:37:06 GMT on Friday.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 4.9559 degrees south latitude and 100.7384 degrees east longitude, said the USGS.

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