The first 7.6-magnitude quake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island at 05:16 p.m. local time (10:16 GMT) on Wednesday. Several aftershocks struck the island the next day. In the picture: soldiers and volunteers search for people under the debris of a building destroyed by the quake.
The epicenter of the quake that struck at 05:38 local time (10:38 GMT) was about 22 km (13.67 mi) south-west of Pariaman, some 110 km (68.35 mi) underground.
The next day, several other quakes were registered on Sumatra, with the epicenter some dozens kilometers to the south-east of the city of Sungaipenuh (Jambi province).
Part of the Pacific's Ring of Fire, Indonesia is in the world's most seismically active region, registering 6,000-7,000 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 or above annually.
The most active tectonic plates are located in this area, with one of them moving at 0.07 m (0.23 ft) annually.
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