Quake jolts Aceh and Medan

Quake jolts Aceh and Medan

MEDAN, North Sumatra: A quake measuring 4.6 on the Richter
Scale shook Aceh and a part of North Sumatra on Wednesday.

The local office of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency
(BMG) recorded that the tremor was felt in East and Southeast
Aceh and the North Sumatra regencies of Karo and Deli Serdang.

Hundreds of employees of government offices and private firms
in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra, rushed out of their work
places in tall buildings after the tremor shook the city.

No casualties, however, were reported as a result of the
quake.

The head of the local office of the BMG, Hendra Suwarta, said
that the quake lasted for three minutes and warned that it had
the potential to cause cracks in homes. --JP