Earthquake jolts Padang

Earthquake jolts Padang

PADANG, West Sumatra: A brief earthquake measuring 3.8 on the
Richter scale shook Padang, Padang Panjang and Padang Pariaman
regencies in West Sumatra on Sunday, Antara reported.

No casualties were reported.

Head of the West Sumatra chapter of the Meteorology and
Geophysics Agency (BMG) Sumarso, said the quake only took five
seconds to eight seconds, at around 12:30 p.m.

The epicenter of the earthquake was below sea level in the
Indian Ocean, located about 85 kilometers southwest of Padang
Panjang.

"To date, we have not yet received reports of losses due to
the earthquake," he said. -- JP