At Least 97 Dead Following Indonesia Earthquake
9&10 News Cadillac12 hours agoNearly 100 people are dead after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook part of Indonesia. Indonesian officials say the deadly quake hit early Wednesday morning in</ ...Major earthquake kills dozens in Indonesia - News 12 Now
WDEF Chattanooga9 hours agoDecember 7, 2016, 7:07 AM | At least 97 people are dead after a powerful earthquake hit northern Indonesia overnight. Dozens more were seriously injured ...Indonesia earthquake kills dozens in Aceh province
The Guardian11 hours agoHe said five of the quake victims died at the hospital. Hasbi Jaya, a local resident...roof to the floor collapsed. Seismologists said the earthquake was felt across much of Aceh ...
- 9 hours ago ... A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ... SUBSCRIBE NOWto get home delivery ..... Rescue workers searched for survivors Wednesday after 97 people died when a magnitude 6.5 earthquake ...Scores of people died in the earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province. USA TODAY NETWORK
Indonesia's national disaster mitigation agency said 78 people suffered serious injuries and dozens more were feared trapped in collapsed and damaged buildings.
The death toll was expected to rise, Indonesia's army said.
TV footage showed rescuers in orange uniforms shining flashlights into the interiors of broken buildings as they searched for signs of life, the Associated Press reported.
However as night fell in the area rescue efforts were hampered.
The shallow earthquake struck at 5:03 a.m. local time (5 p.m. ET Tuesday) and was centered about 6 miles north of Reuleut, a town in northern Aceh. It had a depth of 11 miles. It did not generate a tsunami.
"The earthquake was felt strongly and many people panicked and rushed outdoors as houses collapsed," Sutopo Nugroho of Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency, said in a statement.
The quake was another terrifying reminder of their region’s vulnerability to natural disasters. More than 100,000 died in Aceh after the Dec. 26, 2004, earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami.
More than 40 buildings including several mosques were flattened in the district located 11 miles southwest of the of the epicenter.
At least five aftershocks were felt following the initial quake, according to the disaster mitigation agency.
Indonesia is prone to earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin, the AP said. The 2004 quake and tsunami killed a total of 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
More than half of Indonesia's population of 148 million live in quake-prone areas.
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