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Seven dead in Indonesian earthquake
 A quake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra killed at least seven people, injured 150 and damaged hundreds of homes, local officials and police said Monday. Three aftershocks sent residents rushing out of their homes in the region, where memories of the 2004 tsunami which devastated Aceh further to the north are still fresh.Rescuers worked all day to reach 20 villages which were cut off by landslides triggered by the 5.7-magnitude quake, police said. The epicentre of the quake, which hit at 4:39 am (2139 GMT Sunday), was 150 kilometres (95 miles) southeast of Sibolga at the relatively shallow depth of 17.7 kilometres, geologists said. Posted by: Fred 2006-12-19 |
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