Hundreds evacuated in west Indonesia after earthquake

About 200 people evacuated to higher ground after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck islands in western Indonesia on Sunday, causing some property damage, Qazet.az reports according to the country's disaster mitigation agency BNPB.

The quake in the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra struck at a depth of 27 km and was followed by one of magnitude 5.3 in the same area, authorities said. There was no danger of tsunami.