6.2-magnitude quake strikes western Indonesia

Jakarta: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s western province of West Sumatra on Friday, but with no potential to trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The quake jolted at 8:39 am Jakarta time (0139 GMT), with the epicentre at 17 km northeast of Pasaman Barat district at a depth of 10 km, the agency said.