Small earthquake hits off Indonesia
A small but shallow earthquake hit the sea off Indonesia today, causing no injuries or reports of damage.
The 4.6-magnitude quake was centred 340 miles (547km) south-west of Sumatra island, just 6 miles (10km) under the ocean floor, said Apriliyanto, an official at the country’s meteorology and geophysics agency.
Earlier, the agency put the magnitude at 6.5, sending out alerts to officials and journalists by mobile phone text message.
A glitch in the agency’s computer was responsible for the error, Apriliyanto said.
Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines which make the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity.
