Thursday, December 23, 2010

Quake hits Indonesia

JAKARTA - A 5.6-MAGNITUDE earthquake struck off northern Indonesia's Sumatra island on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.

There was no tsunami warning.

The moderate quake struck at a depth of 52km at 7.01am (0001 GMT, 8.01am Singapore time) 190km south-east of Banda Aceh, near the site of a devastating quake in December 2004 that triggered the Asian tsunami.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', where the meeting of continental plates causes high seismic activity. -- AFP

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