Two quakes rattle Sumatra island

JAKARTA, Monday (AFP) - Two earthquakes measuring 4.5 and 5.6 on the Richter scale rattled the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Monday but caused no reported damage or casualties, the Meteorology and Geophysics Office here said.

The first temblor hit at 3:28 am (2028 GMT Sunday) with a magnitude of 4.5 and an epicenter some 33 kilometers (20 miles) under the floor of the Indonesian Ocean some 240 kilometers southwest of the West Sumatra town of Pariaman, the office said.

The second, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake, struck at 4:23 am (2123 GMT Sunday) and was centered some 15 kilometers below the ocean floor around 140 kilometers southwest of Painan, another town in West Sumatra.

There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage, the office said.