A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, causing residents to panic, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage.
Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency (BMKG) recorded the magnitude 6.5 earthquake off the Mentawai islands just before 10:30am (03:30 GMT) on Monday and said it did not trigger a tsunami warning.
It was the third earthquake felt in the area on Monday.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake was recorded before dawn, followed by a magnitude 5.4 quake less than an hour later.
The magnitude 6.5 earthquake was felt for several seconds in the provincial capital of Padang and in the surrounding mountainous area of Bukitinggi, the disaster agency said in a statement.
