<span style="color: #222222;">In Indonesia, a strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Mentawai today, meanwhile no tsunami warning was issued.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to the USGS, earthquake hit at a depth of 10 kilometres in the Mentawai island region in West Sumatra province.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Officials are still assessing the impact, however, there were no immediate reports of damage and casualties.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone nations on Earth due to its position straddling the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates collide.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Last year, the Indonesian archipelago was hit by an earthquake and tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island which killed around 2,200 people.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">At the end of the year, an erupting volcano in the middle of the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra islands killed more than 400 people.</span>