Quake hits Indonesias Aceh province
Jakarta: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday but there was no threat of a tsunami and no immediate reports of damage, geologists said. The epicentre of the quake, which hit 30 km deep and struck at 11:44 am (0444 GMT), was 50 km southwest of the town of Sinabang, the main town on Simeulue island, in Aceh province. "The quake was felt only in Sinabang town, there's no report of damage so far," geophysicist Agung Mulyo Utomo said.