Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Strikes Sumatra
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck west Sumatra in Indonesia, killing at least nine people, and shaking buildings in Singapore, forcing evacuations. A second quake of magnitude 6.1 hit the same area two hours later.
The quake occurred at 10:49 a.m. local time 49 kilometers (30 miles) north-northeast of Padang city in west Sumatra and 424 kilometers southwest of Singapore, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was no tsunami warning issued.
"Two children were killed and some were injured," Rustam. S. Pakaya, head of crisis management at...
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