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ACHEH ERTHQUAKE


Death toll from Aceh quake reaches 24

 


Earthquake victims receive medical treatment outside a health centre
A mosque has collapsed in Indonesia, killing six children and trapping 14 others in the rubble. Source: AAP
RESCUERS have battled through landslides and blocked roads to reach survivors of an earthquake in Indonesia that's killed at least 24 people.
Almost 250 were also injured in provincial Aceh's remote, mountainous interior when the strong 6.1-magnitude quake struck the north of Sumatra island on Tuesday.
The tremor, which struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres, has sparked panic in the natural disaster-prone region where more than 170,000 people were killed by the quake-triggered tsunami of 2004.
In Central Aceh's Blang Mancung village there was widespread devastation with many homes reduced to rubble and at least six children killed when a mosque collapsed.
Rescuers dug all night with an excavator through the rubble of the mosque but a local disaster agency official said late on Wednesday he did not believe anyone else was buried.
As 16 aftershocks rocked Aceh late on Tuesday, around 700 people from the village and its surrounding areas took refuge in makeshift shelters, the national disaster agency said.
Those who remained dug through the rubble of their collapsed houses with bare hands to search for their belongings.

Bodies were laid out and covered with blankets at a makeshift emergency post.
"This is the biggest earthquake we've ever had here," Subhan Sahara, head of the district's disaster agency, told AFP.
"People are still frightened, especially after the aftershocks last night. Nobody dared to stay at home. Everyone slept on the roads or in car parks."
The main hospital in the district was overwhelmed and tents had been set up outside to treat the flood of patients, he said.
Military, police and local government officials were trying to head to affected areas by ground and air but some roads were blocked by landslips, the national disaster agency said.
"Bad phone communications, damage to several roads, and landslides are making rescue efforts difficult," said agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
The agency dispatched a helicopter from neighbouring Riau province, while an air force plane was also deployed to assess the damage.
"We have recorded 24 people dead and 249 people injured," said Nugroho, adding that 375 buildings had been destroyed or damaged.

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