6.5 earthquake shakes Indonesian Sumatra

The quake struck late at night 74 miles (119 kilometers) southeast of Pagai Selatan, an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency official Gian Ginanjar said. The quake struck 6 miles (10 kilometers) beneath the Indian Ocean bed. There was no tsunami potential, he said.

Indonesia rests on a series of fault lines that make the sprawling archipelago nation one of the most earthquake-prone.

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