Indonesia issues tsunami warning after more eruption from Mount Ruang
The heightened alert was issued late on Wednesday after the 725-meter-high volcano had two large eruptions earlier in the day, spewing a column of ash 3,000 metres into the sky.
A 6.8-magnitude undersea earthquake hit western Indonesia’s Bengkulu province, without causing damages or casualties, the country’s weather agency said.
The earthquake’s epicentre is said to be located around 187 km northwest of Enggano island and at a depth of 10 km under the seabed, the weather agency informed. The Earthquake was also followed by an after aftershock of magnitude 5.4.
The meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency did not issue a warning for a tsunami, as the quake on Friday night did not have the potential to trigger giant waves, reports Xinhua news.
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Head of the Emergency Unit of the Provincial Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency Kristian Hermansyah told Xinhua that there were no preliminary reports of damages or casualties from the quake.
“The situation is safe. The residents did not feel the jolts of the quake. The daily activities are normal here,” Hermansyah said.
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