Sumatra Earthquake
The US Geological Survey says another earthquake, measuring 6.8 on theRichter scale, has hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
The quake comes less than a day after a 7.6-magnitude quake in the same area, which killed hundreds of people and destroyed large parts of the region’s capital Padang.
The earlier quake struck in the early evening almost 50 kilometres off Padang, a coastal city of about 900,000 people.
Indonesian officials say they fear the death toll from the first earthquake could soar into the thousands.