Posted AT 9:12 AM EST on 10/04/05
Strong earthquake hits near Indonesian island of Sumatra
Jakarta — A strong, undersea earthquake hit Sunday near the Indonesian island of Sumatra, causing people to flee their homes in fear of a tsunami like the one that devastated the island in December, seismologists said.
The 6.8-magnitude tremor's epicenter was about 70 miles southwest of Padang, a city in western Sumatra, the Hong Kong Observatory said. The temblor was not strong enough to cause a tsunami, meteorologists said.
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