Aceh after the earthquakes hit on Wednesday
A damaged bank office is seen in Indonesia's province of Banda Aceh April 12, 2012.
People gather outside the Baiturrahman mosque after an earthquake hit Banda Aceh April 11, 2012
People riding motorbikes and cars packed the street in Banda Aceh after a strong earthquake struck Indonesia province April 11, 2012. An 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending residents around the region scurrying from building
Patients are evacuated from a hospital after an earthquake hit the western coast of Sumatra, in Banda Aceh in Aceh province April 11, 2012.
A mother holds her child as she seeks shelter in Baiturrahman Mosque after an earthquake hit Banda Aceh, in Indonesia's Aceh province, April 12, 2012.
Guards partol along the 70 meters long of damaged fence in a detention center in Ingin Jaya, Aceh, after earthquakes struck the region on Wednesday, April 11, 2012.
The epicenter of earthquakes is offshore from Aceh. (map)
Red: Yeyen Rostiyani
A powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and a series of strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending people scurrying from buildings as far away as southern India, but there seemed little risk of a disastrous tsunami as in 2004. Indonesia said it was checking for damage and casualties but remarkably, no such reports had been received for several hours after the quakes, including in Aceh, the closest province and the area decimated by the disaster eight years ago.
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