Indonesia: More than 200 people injured by earthquakes

Indonesian officials said the 6.1 magnitude earthquake in the country's Aceh province on Monday afternoon killed 11 people and injured more than 200 people, more than 300 houses were damaged across the province. this.

The quake left a mosque in Aceh collapsed during a chanting, killing six children and 14 others stranded in rubble.

According to the director of local disaster control agency Subhan Sahara, the rescue team of the province is struggling to find victims and the chances of survival for these children are very fragile.

In addition, earthquakes injured hundreds of people and turned many houses into rubble, causing a series of landslides and devastating traffic systems.

Two aftershocks of more than 5 Richter levels occurred when police and military were trying to reach the area affected by the earthquake.

Indonesia's Aceh province often suffers from earthquakes. In December 2004, a strong tsunami caused 170,000 people in the province and tens of thousands of others in the countries around the Indian Ocean.

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), on the evening of July 2, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook the northern Sumatra island of Indonesia.

The epicenter of the earthquake is located at a depth of 24.2 km, initially determined at the position of 4,7006 latitude North and 96,7658 East Longitude.