A powerful earthquake rocked the northernmost Indonesian province of
Aceh on July 2, injuring at least 50 people and damaging many houses.
The magnitude-6.1 quake struck at a depth of just
10 kilometres and its epicentre was 181km southeast of the provincial
capital Banda Aceh, the US Geological Survey was quoted as saying.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where tectonic
plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.
Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra, is regularly hit by quakes.-VNA