Indonesia experienced a second earthquake on the same day, with the latest tremor measuring 6.4 magnitude in northern Sumatra, according to Germany's Geophysical Research Center. The quake was about 158 kilometers deep.
This event occurred just hours after Indonesia was struck by a powerful 7.7-magnitude offshore earthquake, which caused buildings and homes to collapse, resulted in at least 38 deaths, and alarmed residents in an area frequently hit by strong quakes.
Previously, Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning after the 7.7-magnitude quake, but later canceled it after the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that monitoring showed no significant sea level changes threatening coastal communities.
Indonesia is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a zone of frequent tectonic plate movement causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and around the Pacific Ocean.
Indonesia has faced several major earthquake and tsunami disasters. In 1992, a 7.7-magnitude quake on Flores Island triggered a tsunami, killing around 2,500 people.
In 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Sumatra's coast caused a devastating tsunami that killed about 220,000 people across the region, including roughly 170,000 in Indonesia, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in history.
Later, in 2018, Lombok Island suffered severe earthquakes and aftershocks, resulting in over 550 deaths. At the end of that year, a 7.5-magnitude quake and tsunami in Sulawesi caused more than 4,300 deaths or missing persons.
.Source:Xinhua/Reuters/AFP
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