A magnitude-7.5 earthquake that caused a small tsunami in Indonesia’s Kepulauan Mentawai region off western Sumatra yesterday left at least 23 people dead and 167 others missing, the National Disaster Management Agency said.
The quake triggered a 3-meter (10-foot) high tsunami that reached 400 meters inland, Nelis Zuliasri, head of information at the agency, said today. Eight Australians are among the missing, she said. They were on a boat in the area where contact has been lost, she said.
“It’s not clear yet if all of 23 victims were dead because of the tsunami or hit by ruins,” Zuliasri said by telephone from Jakarta. The death toll was as of 3:30 p.m. local time today, the disaster agency said in a statement on its website.
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