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ACEH EARTHQUAKE

JAKARTA - An earthquake shook the northern part of the balls just this afternoon with the power of Sumatra 8.7 on the Richter Scale. Although there have been no reported serious damage and casualties, tsunami alert has not been revoked. Here are the data of a number of natural disasters that occurred in Indonesia since the devastating earthquake that also hit Aceh and North Sumatra in 2004 ago, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of casualties.

December 26, 2004 - More than 170,000 people dead or missing when a massive earthquake with a strength of 9.1 on the Richter Scale (SR) occurred off the coast of Aceh. The death toll caused by a tsunami caused by the earthquake that struck the coastal region along the Indian Ocean coast. The total death toll from the tsunami across the affected region reached 230,000 people.

March 28, 2005 - An earthquake measuring magnitude 8.6 occurred on the west coast of Sumatra, killing 1,300 people, mainly in the area of ​​Nias.

May 27, 2006 - An earthquake occurred in Yogyakarta and surrounding areas, killing 5,000 people and destroyed 150 000 buildings.

July 17, 2006 - An earthquake measuring 7.7 magnitude resulting tsunami on the southern coast of West Java, killing 550 people, another 54,000 people temporarily go into effect and have to evacuate casualties.

March 6, 2007 - Two earthquakes killed at least 72 people in Padang, West Sumatra.

2 September 2009 - 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit parts of Java, killing at least 60 people and left 25,000 people displaced. At least 86 000 buildings were damaged.

30 September 2009 - More than 1,100 people were killed by an earthquake measuring 7.6 magnitude on the Padang, West Sumatra. Most of the victims killed by a falling building collapsed.

October 24, 2010 - A tsunami triggered by an earthquake measuring magnitude 7.5 occurred in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Mentawai islands, West Sumatra. 445 people were killed and several villages were destroyed.