6.5-magnitude quake strikes Aceh in Sumatra - at least 52 feared dead

A shallow 6.5-magnitude quake hit Pidie Jaya district in Aceh and left At least 52 people dead and hundreds injured with devastation all around. There were toppled homes and flattened buildings and people ran to higher ground. There was no alert of any tsunami.
The earthquake struck Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 7 December 2016.

The death toll is likely to increase as rescue crews sift through the rubble to try and locate those trapped below. The destruction is on a massive scale because hundreds of homes, mosques and shops have collapsed. A local hospital and school were also heavily damaged.
The earthquake was felt across much of Aceh - it had been devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Incidentally, Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity which is due to its position on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where tectonic plates collide.


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