6.9-Magnitude Quake Strikes Indonesia, Hours After Deadly Tremor Killed 40

The epicentre was located at Pematangsiantar, about 126 kilometres (78 miles) southeast of the island's capital Medan. It came hours after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake killed 40 in the country.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Saturday, hours after at least 38 people were killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).The latest quake struck at a depth of 158 km (98 miles), GFZ said.Earlier on

Both tremors happened on the night of August 10. The first one was recorded at 10:04 p.m. and the second at 11 p.m., as per the data of the National Centre for Seismology