LONDON (Reuters) - Aid agencies rushed teams and pledged money to Indonesia's Sumatra on Thursday after a powerful earthquake, relieved damage was not worse but still concerned about unreached rural areas and waterborne disease.
They said they were impressed with the speed of evacuation from coastal areas after the magnitude 8.4 earthquake and powerful aftershocks sparked a series of tsunami warnings around the Indian Ocean -- although the region was spared a repeat of the devastating 2004 tsunami which killed more than 280,000.
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