Jakarta, March 18 -- Three earthquakes struck Indonesia on Tuesday, with a 5.5-magnitude tremor hitting North Sumatra province in the morning and two earlier quakes in Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara, the country's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency reported.
The 5.5-magnitude quake struck North Sumatra province at 5:22 a.m. local time on Tuesday. The epicentre was located 17 km southeast of North Tapanuli Regency at a depth of 10 km.
"One person was killed, and another was injured. Several houses and a road were severely damaged, and the road is now impassable for transport," head of the emergency, equipment, and logistics unit of North Sumatra Provincial Disaster Management Agency Sri Wahyuni Pancasilawati told Xinhua. She ...