45,000 left homeless
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after a devastating earthquake in Indonesia killed more than 100 people, an official said yesterday, leaving communities in ruins as aid trickled into the disaster-stricken province.
The shallow 6.5-magnitude quake earlier this week levelled hundreds of homes, mosques and businesses across Aceh province, one of the areas worst affected by the devastating 2004 tsunami that killed more than 170,000 people in Indonesia alone.
More than 700 people were injured in the quake, many seriously.
The archipelago nation experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where tectonic plates collide.
Aceh lies on the northern tip of Sumatra island, which is particularly prone to quakes.
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