Earthquake hits Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least seven

Primary school students are evacuated from a school building after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, February 25, 2022 in this photo by Antara Photo. Antara Photo / Ego Eletra / via Reuters

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale killed at least seven people and injured dozens when it struck inland near the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Friday, and tremors were also felt in neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, officials said.

The earthquake caused residents to flee buildings in some areas and caused evacuations 400 kilometers (250 miles) away in Malaysia.

“We continue to monitor and advise people to stay alert,” Dwikorita Karnawati, head of Indonesia’s geophysics agency BMKG, told MetroTV. The agency initially estimated the volume at 6.2.

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The disaster mitigation agency said seven people were killed and 85 wounded. Its head said some buildings, including a government office, homes and a bank, were damaged.

A hospital was evacuated in West Bassaman, about 17 kilometers (10.6 miles) from the epicenter, while a witness said residents in other areas panicked when the quake shook buildings for more than a minute, cutting glass windows and furniture.

“People gathered outside their homes and workplaces. They were afraid of earthquakes. The wires were shaking,” said Frans Kiki Nainggolan, a shop owner who lives in Sumatra’s Riau province.

Authorities in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, received calls about the tremors being felt in the city, although there were no reports of injuries or damage.

“I felt the tremors for a minute or two,” said Helva Akmal, who lives on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. “We were quickly evacuated and others from another floor.”

Singapore police said on Twitter they had also received calls from people reporting tremors, although there were no reports of injuries.

Indonesia experiences frequent earthquakes that lie on both sides of the so-called ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’, a seismically active region where different layers of the Earth’s crust meet.

A fault extending along the island of Sumatra can be particularly active and dangerous. In 2004, a massive 9.1-magnitude earthquake and tsunami off the northern tip of Sumatra killed 226,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries.

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Additional reporting by Angie Teo, Francesca Nangue, Stanley Widianto and Bernadette Christina; Additional reporting by Rosana Latif in Kuala Lumpur and Ardhana Aravindan in Singapore Editing by Ed Davies and Kanupriya Kapoor

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