<p dir="ltr">A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the Aceh province in Indonesia&rsquo;s Sumatra early on Wednesday, with the&nbsp;Chief of Army in Indonesia&#39;s Aceh province telling&nbsp;TV that the death toll has reached 97, the Associated Press reports.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: Chief of army in Indonesia&#39;s Aceh province tells TV that quake death toll rises to 97.</p>
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<p>AFP reported earlier today that the number of injured is in the hundreds.&nbsp;</p>

<p dir="ltr">Seven of the dead are children, the deputy district chief of Pidie Jaya said, AFP reports.</p>

<p dir="ltr">There was no Tsunami alert, seismologists said. The&nbsp;quake hit 10 kilometres (six miles) north of Reuleut at 5:03 am local time, the USGS said, AFP reported.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Aceh was devastated by the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Earlier in June,&nbsp;a 6.5-magnitude quake had rocked west of Sumatra damaging hundreds of buildings and injuring eight people.</p>

<p dir="ltr">(WION)</p>


Seven of the dead are children, said the deputy district chief of Pidie Jaya

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the Aceh province in Indonesia’s Sumatra early on Wednesday, with the Chief of Army in Indonesia's Aceh province telling TV that the death toll has reached 97, the Associated Press reports. BREAKING: Chief of army in Indonesia's Aceh province tells TV that quake death toll rises to 97. — The Associated Press (@AP) December 7, 2016 × AFP reported earlier today that the number of injured is in the hundreds. Seven of the dead are children, the deputy district chief of Pidie Jaya said, AFP reports. There was no Tsunami alert, seismologists said. The quake hit 10 kilometres (six miles) north of Reuleut at 5:03 am local time, the USGS said, AFP reported. Aceh was devastated by the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Earlier in June, a 6.5-magnitude quake had rocked west of Sumatra damaging hundreds of buildings and injuring eight people. (WION)

Indonesia: 6.4-magnitude quake hits off Aceh; 97 dead, hundreds injured

<p>An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off the Indonesian island of Lombok today, the United States Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.<br />
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The earthquake, which hit 234 km (145 miles) south of Lombok, at a depth of 29 km (18 miles), also briefly startled tourists on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.<br />
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The quake was strong, with tremors lasting for three to four seconds, but did not trigger a tsunami alert, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman of Indonesia&#39;s Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).<br />
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&quot;The quake went on for quite a while,&quot; said a witness in Lombok. &quot;People ran out from houses in panic.&quot;<br />
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In December 2004, a strong earthquake off the Indonesian Island&nbsp;Sumatra&nbsp;had triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 14 countries.Indonesia was the worst hit, followed by Sri Lanka, Thailand and India.&nbsp;</p>


The quake hit 234 km south of Lombok and briefly startled tourists on Bali but did not trigger a tsunami alert

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off the Indonesian island of Lombok today, the United States Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The earthquake, which hit 234 km (145 miles) south of Lombok, at a depth of 29 km (18 miles), also briefly startled tourists on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. The quake was strong, with tremors lasting for three to four seconds, but did not trigger a tsunami alert, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman of Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). "The quake went on for quite a while," said a witness in Lombok. "People ran out from houses in panic." In December 2004, a strong earthquake off the Indonesian Island Sumatra had triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 14 countries.Indonesia was the worst hit, followed by Sri Lanka, Thailand and India.

6.2 earthquake hits Indonesia, no casualties reported

The quake was strong, but did not trigger a tsunami alert

6.2 quake strikes Indonesia, no casualties reported