Dozens injured as powerful quake hits Indonesia’s Aceh province
A powerful earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province flattened buildings and sparked landslides yesterday, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens in a region devastated by the quake-triggered tsunami of 2004.
A powerful earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province flattened buildings and sparked landslides yesterday, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens in a region devastated by the quake-triggered tsunami of 2004.
The 6.1-magnitude quake struck inland at a depth of just 10 kilometres in the mountainous Bener Meriah district in the heart of Aceh, the US Geological Survey said. It destroyed houses in the district, 320 kilometres from the provincial capital Banda Aceh, and triggered several landslides.
Six children were killed and 14 others trapped after a mosque collapsed during a Koran reading session, an official said.
"Our search and rescue are struggling to evacuate an estimated 14 children still trapped under the rubble," the head of the disaster management agency in central Aceh district, Subhan Sahara, said.
Our search and rescue are struggling to evacuate an estimated 14 children still trapped under the rubble
"I hope they can be found alive but the chances are very slim." In Suka Makmur village a landslide engulfed a coffee plantation, killing one man, said the official.