JAKARTA - A 5.6-MAGNITUDE earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The quake hit at 8.47pm (9.47pm Singapore time), 75 kilometres southwest of Banda Aceh at a depth of 68 km, the USGS said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii did not issue an alert for the region.
Indonesia was the country worst hit by the earthquake-triggered tsunami in December 2004 that killed more than 200,000 people in 11 nations across Asia, including more than 168,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province alone.
Last month, it launched a high-tech tsunami warning system in a bid to prevent a repeat of the tragedy.
The Indonesian archipelago straddles several continental plates in an area known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, where seismic and volcanic activity is recorded on an almost daily basis. -- AFP
