SOME 1,005 HOUSES SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY ACEH QUAKE

Banda Aceh, Apr 10 (ANTARA) - A 7.2-magnitude quake rocked Aceh province on Thursday, and caused serious and minor damages to 1,005 houses in Simeulue and Aceh Singkil regencies.

According to data obtained from the coordinating unit of Aceh disaster and evacuee handling agency in Banda Aceh on Friday, the total number of houses seriously damaged in Aceh Singkil had reached 124, and 43 in Simeulue.

Reports said that 207 houses had been damaged not so seriously, and 631 lightly in Simeulue.

The quake which struck at 5.15 am local time cause four persons heavily injured and eight lightly, and there were no fatalities.

On Simeulue island, 110 nautical miles from the west coast of West Aceh the most seriously ridden by the quake included Simuelue Timur , Tepah selatan and Tepah Barat subdistricts.