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Shallow quake hits Indonesia's Aceh

Xinhua, January 17, 2017 Adjust font size:

A shallow quake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Aceh province in western Indonesia Tuesday evening, but was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency reported here.

The quake rocked at 18:48 p.m. Jakarta time (1148 GMT) with epicenter at 234 km northwest Sabang town and depth at 10 km under sea bed, an official of the agency told Xinhua by phone.

A total of 103 people were killed after a strong under-earth quake rocked Aceh province located in northern tip of Sumatra Island last December.

Indonesia is prone to quake as it sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called "the Pacific Ring of Fire." Endit