Earthquakes shake Indonesia, Philippines; no tsunami threat

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Robust, shallow underwater earthquakes shook western Indonesia and the Philippine capital area Monday, however no critical injury was reported and no tsunami warnings have been issued.

In Indonesia, a magnitude-6.7 quake that was 16 kilometers (10 miles) deep struck about 169 kilometers (104.8 miles) west of Pariaman, a city in West Sumatra province, the U.S. Geological Survey stated.

The Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Company stated the quake was felt in lots of components of the province however there was no hazard of a tsunami. It occurred simply earlier than daybreak and was centered about 161 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of South Nias, a district in North Sumatra province.

One other earthquake of 6.4-magnitude shook components of the Manila area and outlying provinces at daybreak however there have been no reported damages or accidents, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology stated.

The offshore quake was set off by motion alongside the Manila Trench and its epicenter was about 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of Lubang island in Occidental Mindoro province, which lies south of Manila, the Philippine institute stated. Its depth was about 28 kilometers (17 miles).

Indonesia and the Philippines lie alongside the Pacific “Ring of Hearth” — the seismic faults across the Pacific Ocean the place many of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions happen.

A 6.2 earthquake in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province final month killed not less than 16 individuals and injured greater than 400. 1000’s of houses and different buildings have been broken by the tremors that have been felt as far-off as Malaysia and Singapore.