An earthquake with magnitude of 5.4 rocked Sumatra Island of Indonesia on Tuesday morning, with no report of damages or casualty, meteorology agency said.
The quake struck at 13:29 Jakarta time (0629 GMT) with epicenter at 91 kilometers southwest Muko Muko town of Bengkulu province and at 20 kilometers in depth, an official of the agency said.
In 2004, over 170,000 people were dead in Aceh province in northern tip of Sumatra Island after a tsunami triggered by a powerful quake devastated coastal areas of the province and others countries in southeast Asia.
Indonesia is laid at a vulnerable zone so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire" where two continental plates, stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia, meet that cause frequent volcanic movements.
Source: Xinhua
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