6.0-magnitude quake hits off west Indonesia

Beijing – An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted off west Indonesia on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey stated.

The focus of the quake, which took place at 0939 GMT, was initially determined at a depth of 30.0 km, 88 km southeast of Sinabang, a town that lies on an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Source: Xinhua