Tsunami warning issued after another strong quake strikes off Sumatra island

9/13/2007

JAKARTA : Indonesia issued a tsunami warning afteranother strong quake struck off Sumatra island on Thursday night.

The quake, which occurred in Bengkulu at 11:09 p.m., was measured 6.8 on the Richter scale.

It was centered 121 kilometers southwest of Lais, Bengkulu at a depth of 10 kilometers.