Small tsunami waves of 1 metre hit Sumatra after quakes

Small tsunami waves of around one metre hit the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday after a series of major earthquakes, though the country's disaster agency said it was still assessing whether there were any deaths or damage.

The agency expects the worst impact to have been on Simeulue island off Sumatra and forecasts further small aftershocks in the country's westernmost region, but it has lifted its tsunami alert for an area which was devastated by a tsunami in 2004.

(Reporting by Olivia Rondonuwu, Rieka Rahadiana and Andjarsari Paramaditha; Writing by Neil Chatterjee)