7.5 magnitude quake hits Indonesia for 2nd day
Bangkok,
Sep
13:
A
second
strong
earthquake
struck
Indonesia's
western
Sumatra
region
for
the
second
successive
day
early
today
triggering
another
tsunami
alert.
The U S Geological Survey rated today's temblor at 7.5 on the Richter scale and located it some 200 km from Bengkulu city on Sumatra island.
According to reports from Indonesia, experts said today's earthquake was not an aftershock but a different earthquake to the 8 plus magnitude temblor that struck the same area yesterday evening.
UNI
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Story first published: Thursday, September 13, 2007, 11:09 [IST]