Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 07-12-2016
At least 25 people have been killed and dozens are still missing after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit the northern Indonesian province of Aceh just off the north-east Coast of Sumatra Island collapsing buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets.
Indonesian search and rescue teams used earth movers to clear rubble and reach what authorities believed were dozens of victims trapped underneath.
Indonesia’s meteorological agency say there was no risk of a tsunami.
But mosques, homes and shops were flattened in the quake, with images from the worst-hit areas showing significant damage.
The local disaster management agency’s Puteh Manaf says rescue efforts were under way to save those trapped beneath collapsed buildings.
“Some people are still trapped inside shop houses, and we are trying to evacuate them using heavy machines and by hand.”
In June, a 6.5-magnitude quake struck Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra Island damaging scores of buildings and injuring eight people.
A huge undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean in 2004 triggered a tsunami that engulfed parts of Aceh.
The tsunami killed more than 170,000 people in Indonesia and tens of thousands more in other countries around the Indian Ocean.
– Agencies
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