Reuters AlertNet Full site
Homepage | Newsdesk | NGO Latest | Crisis briefings | Country profiles | MediaWatch | Jobs | Alerting | Login

NEWSDESK

Earthquake sparks panic in Indonesia's Aceh
27 Apr 2007 09:23:55 GMT
Source: Reuters
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, April 27 (Reuters) - An undersea earthquake rattled Indonesia's Aceh province on Friday, sparking panic among residents, although there was no tsunami warning or immediate reports of damage and casualties.

The 5.9 magnitude quake struck at 3:02 p.m. (0802 GMT) and was centred some 70 km (45 miles) southwest of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. The quake was around 30 km (20 miles) deep.

The agency said there was no risk of a tsunami, but Banda Aceh residents ran out of their homes in panic, fearing a repeat of a tsunami that left about 170,000 Acehnese dead or missing in December 2004.

"I was driving when it happened but I could feel the shaking," said one resident, Fachri Adnan. "This is the biggest quake in recent months."

Earthquakes are frequent in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country. Its 17,000 islands sprawl along a belt of intense volcanic and seismic activity, part of what is called the "Pacific Ring of Fire".


AlertNet news is provided by

Email this article       Send comments

Topics

•  Reuters Tsunami AidWatch

•  Earthquakes

MORE >>

Emergencies

•  Indian Ocean tsunami

•  Java earthquake 2006

MORE >>

Countries

Small country map
© 2004 Europa Technologies Ltd.
Reset map

•  Indonesia profile
· View map

MORE >>

NGO latest

•  In tsunami rehabilitation efforts, some "found their courage"
CWS

•  Norwegian Refugee Council reconstructs 22 tsunami damaged schools
NRC - Norway

•  Kashmir Prime Minister has opened new Czech project in Bagh
PIN

•  News - Milestone for Maldives
Red Cross - UK

•  New schools emerge after fourth destruction
WV - International

MORE >>

Latest news

•  Earthquake sparks panic in Indonesia's Aceh

•  PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian General News - April 27

•  Tamiflu maker lowers production, says slow demand

•  Indonesia's Aceh, Papua pledge to protect forests

•  Indonesia says sharing of bird flu samples delayed

MORE >>

Disclaimers |  Copyright |  Privacy |  Contact Us |  Feedback |  About Us |  RSS XML

Last updated:Fri Apr 27 09:25:55 2007