BANGKOK, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's disaster warning center Wednesday lifted a tsunami alert issued for the resort island of Phuket and five nearby provinces after a 7.6-magnitude quake rocked Indonesia's Sumatra island.

    "The National Disaster Warning Center has investigated and analyzed more information, and found that there was no tsunami that could affect Thailand," the center said in a statement.

    The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also canceled the tsunami alert two hours after the quake, which occurred at 15:08 local time (0808 GMT) at a depth of 30 km, according to Indonesia's meteorological and geophysics agency.

    The Indonesian agency put the magnitude of the quake at 6.6, while the Hong Kong Observatory said the quake was measured at 7.6on the Richter scale.

    Meanwhile, a tourist who is on Phuket's famous Patong Beach told Xinhua that no emergency alert was heard on the beach by now and the situation in Phuket is normal.

    Some southern Thais informed the authority that the main quake and aftershocks could be felt clearly.

    Thailand's provinces of Phuket, Phang-nga, Krabi, Trang, Ranongand Satun were devastated by the Asian tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004. A total of 5,226 people died in the disaster, together with 11,279 injured, and 2,914 missing.