A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island early Monday, said the country's geophysics agency.
Three consecutive earthquakes struck the area with increasing intensity since the early hours of Monday, with a 5.2-magnitude tremor recorded before dawn, followed by a 5.4-magnitude quake less than an hour later.
Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency (BMKG) recorded the shallow quake off the Mentawai islands, off Sumatra's west coast just before 10.30 am and said it did not trigger a tsunami warning, reports Reuters.
Indonesia’s geophysics agency had earlier recorded a magnitude of 6.4 but revised that to 6.1, a BMKG spokesperson said.
The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was felt strongly for several seconds by residents in the Mentawai islands, in the provincial capital of Padang, and in the surrounding mountainous area of Bukitinggi.
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