U.S. Geological Bureau, said the quake occurred at 0:55 am local time, at a depth of 110 km and the distance from the center of Banda Aceh on the northern peninsula of the island of Sumatra, about 400 kilometers to the southeast.
One doctor said a 10-year-old boy died. The broken remains of collapsed over the back while sleeping inside the house. In Sioux City were in Dar es Salaam. Aceh province.
"The little boy lying beside her. The brick walls collapsed and debris impact damage to his death. The boy's mother brought him to me. But it was too late then, "said a doctor at the center, and disasters are also two others died in separate incidents.
AFP correspondent reported that the villagers panic often seen running away from home. A lot of people crying and screaming for help at the request of the earth shook for about two minutes before the Northern Savannah.
"It was the worst earthquake I have ever come across. I was thinking that the world was to end up with "42-year-old farmer, said the officials indicated that the vibrations of the earthquake can be felt in many cities of Banda Aceh. Aceh and Medan.
Tsunami Warning Center in the Pacific said. Such land, too far from the earthquake did not cause any waves.
The Aceh have been seriously damaged by the earthquake off the coast of Sumatra shaken with 9.1 in December 2004, bringing the giant tsunami waves that killed over 220,000 people dead across the Indian Ocean.
