Umar Idris
10 February 2021•Update: 10 February 2021
JAKARTA, Indonesia
No damage or casualties have been reported as a magnitude 6.5 earthquake shook Indonesia’s Bengkulu province on Wednesday night.
There is no danger of a tsunami, according to Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
The tremor was recorded at 7:52 p.m. local time (1252GMT), originating at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles) at a point 80 kilometers (some 50 miles) southwest of Enggano island, the authority said.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake was also recorded in Enggano a little over two hours earlier, the agency added.
