Earthquake More than 5 SR Back Shake Aceh

An earthquake with magnitude 5.2 on the Richter Scale (SR) re-rocked Aceh province, on Friday (28 / 8) morning at 23:45:21 pm.

Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) recorded earthquake occurred at 5:45 BT-94.77 N with a depth of 22 km and the epicenter located at 62 km southwest of Banda Aceh.

The earthquake was also felt in the city of Sabang with distance from the epicenter at 78 km southwest of Pulau Weh, 132 Km northwest of Sigli, 209 km northwest of Meulaboh and 216 km northwest of Bireuen.

However, earthquakes that occur for the umpteenth time in August 2009 recorded no potential tsunami. Previous earthquakes with magnitude 5.0 SR also occurred in Aceh on Wednesday (26 / 8) 03:26:51 at 5:28 pm at the location BT-94.77 N with a depth of 24 km and located at 68 Km southwest of Banda Aceh.