An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale hit Aceh province in western Indonesia without triggering a tsunami. The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics said in a statement today that the epicenter of the earthquake occurred 243 km from the area / Sinabang / in the province, at a depth of 10 km. There have been no reports of material or human losses as a result of the earthquake so far.
It is worth noting that yesterday, Tuesday, off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, at a depth of 13 kilometers, an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred. Indonesia is regularly hit by earthquakes due to its location in the Pacific belt, known as the “Ring of Fire”, where many tectonic plates meet, causing frequent volcanic and seismic activity.
