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7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Coast of Indonesia, Experts Warn of Tsunami


Tue 25 Apr 2023 | 10:56 AM
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Today, Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported that an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

And the agency issued - according to the American (Al-Hurra) channel - a warning of the possibility of a tsunami and calling on residents to resort to heights.

Indonesia witnesses regular seismic and volcanic activity due to its location on the "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific Ocean, where several tectonic layers collide.

It is worth noting that the most fatal earthquake hit Indonesia on December 26, 2004, off the coast of Sumatra, and resulted in more than 230,000 deaths in Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand, and caused huge waves, some of which reached 30 meters high, on the coast of Banda Aceh in northern Sumatra, and reached a strength of The devastating earthquake then had a magnitude of 9.1.