Hundreds Wounded in Central Aceh Quake

Banda Aceh (Antara Bali) - Hundreds of people were wounded as a powerful earthquake rocked Central Aceh and Bener Meriah districts in Aceh province on Tuesday afternoon.

"Hundreds of quake victims have been hospitalized, with some of them treated in open space," local resident Iwan Bahagia said when contacted from the Aceh provincial capital of Banda Aceh on Tuesday evening.

The quake also disrupted communication networks to affected areas.

The quake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked Bener Meriah and Central Aceh districts at 02.37 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to the head of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) office in Banda Aceh, Syahnan.

However, the quake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami. (IGT)