Quake jolts Indonesia, no casualties reported

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s western province of North Sumatra at early hours on Tuesday with no immediate report on damages or casualties, a local disaster official said.

The quake did not trigger giant waves of tsunami, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.

The quake struck at 00:04 a.m. Jakarta time on Tuesday (1704 GMT Monday) with the epicentre at 130 km southwest of Nias Barat district and the depth at 16 km under the seabed, according to the agency.

The tremors were also felt in nearby provinces of West Sumatra and Aceh, it added.

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