JAKARTA, July 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted waters off Bengkulu Province of Sumatra island in western parts of Indonesia on Monday morning, Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said here.
The quake struck at 6:10 a.m. Jakarta time (2310 GMT) with epicenter at 73 km southwest Bintuhan of Bengkulu Province and at 57 km under sea bed, an official of the agency Hendra Rahman told Xinhua.
The intensity of the quake was felt at 3 MMI (Modified Mercally Intensity) in Kepahiang of the province and Liwa of nearby Lampung Province, he said.
Indonesia with a population of over 230 million sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone so called the Pacific Ring of Fire, where two continental plates, stretching from Western hemisphere to Japan, meet that cause frequent seismic and volcanic movements.
