Quake jolts Indonesia’s Sumatra

JAKARTA (Reuters) – A 5.1 magnitude undersea earthquake
struck off the western Indonesian island of Sumatra on
Thursday, but the state meteorology and geophysics agency said
it would not generate a tsunami nor cause damage.

The quake’s Indian Ocean epicenter was in the same area
where a massive earthquake triggered a tsunami that left
170,000 people killed and missing in Aceh province in December
2004.

A quake with a 6.2 magnitude shook Indonesia’s main island
of Java late last month, killing more than 5,700 people and
rendering thousands homeless in and around Yogyakarta.

Earthquakes are frequent in Indonesia, the world’s fourth
most populous country. Its 17,000 islands sprawl along a belt
of intense volcanic and seismic activity, part of what is
called the “Pacific Ring of Fire.”