Earthquakes hit Sumatra Island

Two earthquakes, each measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, hit Bengkulu and North Sumatra provinces on Tuesday morning. There were no damages or injures reported.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency reported that earthquake hit North Sumatra at 5:06 a.m., with its epicenter located at 177 kilometers southwest of Gunung Sitoli at 12 kilometers beneath the surface.

The other quake hit at 7:11 a.m., with the epicenter located at 21 kilometers northwest of Bintuhan in Bengkulu, at 17 kilometers beneath the surface.

Earlier this year, a number of aftershocks have hit Bengkulu, which is one the country’s most vulnerable provinces to earthquakes. The latest powerful quake rattled Bengkulu on Sept. 12, 2007, killing nearly 90 people.