A magnitude 7.3 quake struck west of Sumatra, Indonesia overnight causing locals to flee from their homes and prompting a brief tsunami warning. Fortunately, no one was injured and there was no damage reported.
The quake struck at 12:37 a.m. local time about 260 miles southwest of Banda Aceh, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The capital sustained no damage to buildings and there were no reports of injuries. The tsunami warning was lifted by 3 a.m.
Indonesia is particularly prone to earthquakes as it forms part the infamous “Ring of Fire”, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines surrounding the Pacific Basin.
A 7.5-magnitude temblor and resulting tsunami struck the Kepulauan Mentawai region of Indonesia, about 240 kilometers from Padang, the provincial capital of West Sumatra, on Oct. 25, 2010, leaving least 113 people dead and 150 others missing
A magnitude 7.3 quake carries about as much as energy as 199,000 tons of TNT, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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