Acehnese women cry as they hold their children outside their house after a quake shook Lampahan village in Aceh province. - AFP
LAMPAHAN, Indonesia: The death toll from a strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck the Indonesian province of Aceh has climbed to 22, a disaster official said on Wednesday.
"So far 22 people have died, 210 people were injured, and thousands of buildings and homes were damaged in the quake (on Tuesday)," National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a text message.
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