![5.9 magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS ảnh 1 5.9 magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS ảnh 1](https://imagev3-lang.vietnamplus.vn/w1000/Uploaded_EN/sxtt/2021_11_02/indonesia.png.webp)
The quake struck at a depth of 6 kilometres, about 255 kilometres south of the town of Sinabang.
Located in a region dubbed the Pacific Ring of Fire – an arc-shaped area of frequent seismic activity – Indonesia is rocked by thousands of earthquakes a year.
In January, more than 100 people were killed and thousands left homeless by a 6.2-magnitude quake that struck Sulawesi island, reducing buildings to a tangled mass of twisted metal and chunks of concrete in the seaside city of Mamuju.
A 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami in Palu in 2018 left more than 4,300 people dead or missing./.
VNA