6.0 M quake kills 1, wounds 7 in Indonesia
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An earthquake with magnitude of 6. 0 in Indonesia's Aceh earlier Tuesday killed one person, injured seven others and damaged scores of houses, an official said here.
The victims were hit by the debris of houses at Geumpang sub- district of Pidie district, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the national disaster management and mitigation agency told Xinhua by phone.
Those injured were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, he said.
The Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said that the quake struck at 5:22 a.m. Jakarta time (22:22 GMT) with epicenter at 15 km southwest Banda Aceh, the provincial capital of Aceh and with the depth at 84 km under the sea bed.
The USGS reported that the quake was at 5.9 magnitude.
The intensity of the quake was felt at 5 MMI (Modified Mercally Intensity) at Banda Aceh city and 4 to 5 MMI in Sigli town of Aceh, the official said.
"The shakes were felt strong for 2 to 5 seconds by the people in Lhoknga, Peikenbada, Ulele and Banda Aceh, they were panich and quickly went out of their houses," said Sutopo.
Twenty minutes later an aftershock measuring 5.1 Richter scale struck Aceh at 16 km southwest of the city and the depth at 12 km under sea bed, the official said.
Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire."
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