Strong quake rocks northwest Indonesia
Pastor Dale Morgan
Strong quake rocks northwest Indonesia *
The Associated Press
August 12, 2006 10:22 p.m. ET
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A strong earthquake rocked parts of
Indonesia's Sumatra island early Saturday, causing some people to flee
their homes, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami was
triggered.
The 6-magnitude quake struck at 3:54 a.m. and was centered under the
Indian Ocean 175 miles northwest of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey
said.
"It felt pretty strong," state news agency Antara quoted one villager as
saying. "The whole family and our neighbors ran out from our house, but
there was not a massive panic."
Officials on Sumatra were not available for comment early Saturday.
There were no immediate reports of damage.
Sumatra was hardest hit by a powerful December 2004 earthquake and
tsunami. More than 216,000 people in Indian Ocean nations were killed or
missing in the disaster.
The region is rocked by many earthquakes, including a magnitude 8.7
quake in March last year that killed about 900 people on an outlying
island.