Earthquake jolts Banda Aceh, Padang

JAKARTA: Earthquakes shook Banda Aceh and Padang on Sunday and Saturday respectively.

No casualties or damages were reported.

In Banda Aceh, the 5.7-magnitude tremor occurred at around 11 a.m. The quake caused panic among hundreds of people who were praying at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque.

Aceh has had regular earthquakes since the 9.3-magnitude quake that caused killer tidal waves in December. About 129,000 people were killed in the waves.

Earlier on Saturday morning, an earthquake hit Padang and neighboring Padang Pariaman. The meteorology and geophysics agency measured the quake at 3.4 on the Richter scale.

The quake lasted two seconds. -- Antara