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Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes Indonesia’s southern Sumatra region, GFZ says

By Thomson Reuters Mar 7, 2026 | 11:11 AM

March 7 (Reuters) – An ​earthquake ‌of magnitude 5.5 struck ‌Indonesia’s ​southern ⁠Sumatra ⁠region on Sunday, the ​German ⁠Research ⁠Center for ​Geosciences (GFZ) ​said.

The quake was ‌at a ⁠depth of 101 km (62.76 ⁠miles), ‌GFZ ⁠said.

(Reporting ​by ‌Ananya Palyekar ​in ⁠Bengaluru; Editing by Jan ​Harvey)