World News | Earthquake of Magnitude 4.5 Strikes Indonesia
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 struck Northern Sumatra on Wednesday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS).
Jakarta [Indonesia], November 26 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 struck Northern Sumatra on Wednesday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS).
In a post on X, the NCS said that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 150 kilometres.
"EQ of M: 4.5, On: 26/11/2025 10:58:38 IST, Lat: 2.43 N, Long: 98.98 E, Depth: 150 Km, Location: Northern Sumatra, Indonesia."
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1993556385699865036?s=20
Earlier in October, a strong earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck West Papua, Indonesia, as per the NCS.
The quake occurred at 11:57 am (IST) with its epicentre located at latitude 2.26 degrees South and longitude 138.86 degrees East, at a depth of 55 kilometres beneath the surface.
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1978831936308039805?s=20
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis frequently strike Indonesia, a country of more than 270 million people, because of its location on the "Ring of Fire."
The Ring of Fire, or the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterised by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.
It is a horseshoe-shaped belt about 40,000km long and about 500 km wide that contains two-thirds of the world's total volcanoes and 90 per cent of Earth's earthquakes. (ANI)
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