April 7, 2012
JAKARTA (AFP) - A shallow 5.5-magnitude quake struck western Indonesia early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no reports of damage.
The moderate-strength quake struck at 02:24 am (1924 GMT) off the Mentawai islands at a depth of just 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles), and 210 kilometres west of Bengkulu on Sumatra island, the USGS said.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
