Jakarta, April 07: A tsunami alert has been lifted after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
The quake’s epicentre was 204km (127 miles) northwest of Sibolga on Sumatra’s coast, at a depth of nearly 48km, the US Geological Survey said.
Aftershocks were reported in the northern province of Aceh, but there were no reports of casualties.
–Agencies