Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after quake
Jakarta,
Sep
13:
Indonesia's
meteorological
agency
lifted
a
tsunami
warning
today
after
another
earthquake
struck
west
of
Sumatra
island.
The agency also said via a telephone text message that there had been no tsunami after the quake, which it said measured 6.7 on the Richter scale and was at a depth of 46 km.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) put the quake, which came about 15 hours after a more powerful one in the same area, at a weaker magnitude 5.8.
Reuters
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Story first published: Thursday, September 13, 2007, 9:38 [IST]