BANDA ACEH (Antara): A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam provincial capital Banda Aceh and the west coast of the province around 6 a.m. Friday.
Meteorology and Geophysics Agency spokesman Nyakmu Yasir said the agency had yet to receive any reports of casualties or damages.
Nyakmu said the epicenter was located around 113 kilometers southwest of Banda Aceh, at a depth of 16 kilometers.
He said the quake was felt by people in Banda Aceh, West Aceh and Aceh Jaya districts.
Aceh has been jolted by series of temblors following a powerful undersea 8.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami in December 2004, which killed at least 200,000 people and left thousands more missing.
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