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1st LD: Strong earthquake jolts western Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

JAKARTA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) — A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s western province of West Sumatra on Sunday, but did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake hit at 06:10 Jakarta time Sunday (2310 GMT) with the epicenter at 147 km northwest of Mentawai islands district and the shallow at 10 km under the seabed, the ag