JAKARTA( AFP)-A 5.9 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Monday( Nov 1), the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning or immediate reports of damage. The offshore quake hit at a shallow depth of six kilometres, about 255 kilometres south of the town of Sinabang. Shallow quakes tend to do more damage than deep tremors. Indonesia experiences frequent quakes due to its position on the Pacific" Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic ac

A man stands near his house damaged by an earthquake in Karangasem on the island of Bali, Indonesia, on Oct.... It struck just as the island is beginning to reopen to tourism as the pandemic wanes.... The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 4.8 quake was centered 62 kilometers( 38.5 miles) northeast of Singaraja, a Bali port town....