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Moderate earthquake jolts Indonesia's Stunami-devastated aceh

date: 19 03, 2006   

Jakarta , March . 19 (BNA) A 5.7 magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's tsunami devastated province of Aceh today, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, officials said.
The temblor rocked Aceh on the northernmost tip of Sumatra at about (0424 GMT). It was centred on the land, about 28 kilometres west of Takengon district town, about 1,575 kilometres northwest of Jakarta, said Arief Achir, an official at Jakarta's National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency. Achir added the quake occurred at about 33 kilometres beneath the land.

 




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