5.6-magnitude earthquake jolts western Indonesia


JAKARTA, July 31 (Xinhua): A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's western province of Aceh on Sunday, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake hit at 10:03 Jakarta time (0303 GMT), with the epicenter at 44 km southeast of Calang city and a depth of 56 km under the seabed, the agency said.

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