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Friday, August 11, 2006

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off Indonesia-USGS

A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early on Saturday, according to preliminary reports from the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake hit at 3:54 a.m. local time about 364 km (226 miles) off Banda Aceh, the USGS said, and was at a depth of 10 kms.

Dailin Wang, an oceanographer at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii, said the quake -- which his center measured at a magnitude of 6.3 -- was not large enough to pose a danger of a tsunami.

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