Breaking: Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 5th Major Sumatra quake

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

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*Breaking: Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 5th Major Sumatra quake*

14 Sep 2007 06:18:36 GMT
Source: Reuters

JAKARTA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia's meteorology agency issued a
tsunami warning on Friday after another strong earthquake struck
southern Sumatra island.

Sumatra has been hit by a series of large and powerful earthquakes since
a magnitude 8.4 quake struck on Wednesday.

The agency said via a telephone text message the latest quake measured
6.9 on the Richter scale and was 153 km (95 miles) southwest of Lais
Bengkulu. The epicentre was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

The U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site the quake was 6.6
magnitude at a depth of 47 km.