6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes southwest of Sumatra

6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes southwest of Sumatra
# 18 November 2022 20:26 (UTC +04:00)

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded southwest of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Friday, said the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), APA reports citing Teletrader.

The tremor was marked at a depth of 2 kilometers at 8:37 pm local time, based on the data provided by EMSC. The epicenter was 448 kilometers south of Padang, the capital of Indonesia's West Sumatra province, and 211 kilometers southwest of Bengkulu.

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