Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Strikes Off Indonesia’s Sumatra Island
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) | August 18, 2026
JAKARTA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 18th Aug, 2026) A earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Tuesday, the country’s geophysics agency said.
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(In summary), a significant earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island.
