In Indonesia, an earthquake magnitude 6.1.

In the Indonesian province of Bengkulu, the administrative region of Sumatra, an earthquake magnitude 6.1. Tremors began at 13:29 local time (9:29 Moscow time), reports AFP.
The earthquake's epicenter was 227 kilometers south-west of the city Bintuhan, the earthquake focus was located under the ocean bottom at a depth of about 30 kilometers. On the risk of tsunami information was not available. Also not reported any effects of the earthquake.
In 2009, from 3 to 7 January a series of earthquakes up to magnitude 7.5 occurred in the Indonesian province of West Papua, 11 February tremors roughly the same strength occurred in the north-east of the island of Sulawesi.
Islands Indonesian archipelago located in the zone of high seismic activity, earthquakes occur there frequently. In 2004, a tsunami resulting from the strong earthquake in the region of Sumatra, resulting in the deaths of about 168 thousand people.