Strong Quake Kills One, Sparks Panic in Indonesia

Strong Quake Kills One, Sparks Panic in Indonesia

Strong Quake Kills One, Sparks Panic in Indonesia
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By Achmad Sukarsono
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A large earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale shook Indonesia's eastern Sulawesi island early on Monday, killing one person, damaging buildings and spreading panic among residents, officials said.

The tremor came nearly a month after a huge earthquake off Aceh province in western Sumatra island that sent a tsunami hurtling across the Indian Ocean, killing more than 234,000 people, most in Indonesia.
A large quake was also felt in the Aceh provincial capital, Banda Aceh, on Monday morning, rattling buildings and sending residents running into the streets.
One person died and another was badly injured in the Central Sulawesi quake, which hit at 3:10 a.m. (2010 GMT Sunday), police said.
'We have reports of one dead and one seriously injured from the West Donggala district. In Palu, several shops have been damaged,' police commissioner Victor Batara told Reuters from the Central Sulawesi's provincial capital of Palu, 1,500 km (970 miles) northeast of Jakarta. "