JAKARTA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia lifted tsunami warning after strong quake of 7.0 rocked Sumatra province on Tuesday morning, no report of damages or casualty, the meteorology and disaster management agency said here.

    "We have lifted tsunami warning," said an official of the meteorology agency named only Noviyanti.

    An official of the disaster management agency at West Sumatra province Doni Effendi said that there was no report of buildings damaged or fatality at the province, even at the area closest to the epicenter, Mentawai islands.

    "So far there is no report of casualty or damages, including in Mentawai Islands," he told Xinhua from the province.

    The quake intensity was felt at 4 to 5 MMI (modified mercally intensity) at the islands and the town, 3 to 4 MMI at PAdang the capital of the province as well as 1 to 2 MMI at Kepahyang town of neigboring province of Bengkulu.

    The official said that the quake had made residents flee homes and keep stay outside their houses.

    "They are still scared to return homes, fearing of possible next quake from happening again," he said.

    The province has been on high alert after series of strong quakes hit it since Sunday.

    Twenty-three people were killed and thousands of buildings were destructed in September 2007 after a 7.9 Richter scale quake, which was potential for tsunami, rocked Bengkulu province in Sumatra Island of western Indonesia.

    In 2004, over 170,000 people died in Aceh province in northern tip of Sumatra Island after a tsunami triggered by a powerful quake devastated coastal areas of the province and other countries in southeast Asia.

    Indonesia is laid at a vulnerable zone so-called "the Pacific Ring of Fire" where two continental plates, stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia, meet, which causes frequent volcanic movements.