A strong earthquake has rocked the island of Sumatra, western Indonesia in the morning, a 12-year-old boy dead and caused panicked residents fleeing from their homes.
Hundreds of patients in a hospital had to evacuate because the earthquake, some of them have to move a wheelchair or are still in the state of the infusion. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) earthquake with 6.6 magnitude epicenter the city of Medan, about 100km southwest and is located at a depth of 110km. The epicenter is located far inland, it is difficult to cause a tsunami.
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The quake occurred at 1am (local time) today, as many people in towns and villages in the northern tip of the island wake. Maura Sakti, a mayor in Subulussalam, told local television station TVOne that a 12-year-old boy was killed in the quake. In addition, he has no information on the casualties and damage.
People in Singkil, a town near the earthquake epicenter, said there are a few power poles were down on houses, causing power outages. "My wife was screaming, my baby is crying. We saw the walls cracked and everything in the fall. Thank God! All of us are safe, "Burhan Mardiansyah (37) said.Marni Aulia (32), a seller in town, said that two hours after the earthquake, people are still afraid and dare not return home for fear of aftershocks followed.
Indonesia lies on a series of fault lines of the crust, leaving the island regularly exposed to natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes. On 26/12/2004, a terrible earthquake off the coast of this country have caused a tsunami in the Indian Ocean, leaving 230,000 people dead, half of them in Aceh province of Indonesia.
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