A moderate undersea earthquake struck Indonesia's island of Sumatra early Saturday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.
No damage or casualties were reported after the 5.3-magnitude earthquake at 4:23 a.m. Saturday (2123 GMT), the agency said.
The quake was centered 10 kilometers (6 miles) underground, about 212 kilometers (132 miles) northwest of Sinabang, a main town on Simeuleu island in Aceh province, the agency said.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake's preliminary magnitude at 5.1 and said the epicenter was about 1,665 kilometers (1,040 miles) northwest of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheavals due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
Source: IHT-AP
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