7.8-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
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File photo taken on April 3, 2005 shows rescuers searching for survivors after the 8.5-magnitude earthquake hit Pulau Nias on March 28, 2005, North Sumatera, Indonesia. [Enwar/Xinhua] |
![File photo taken on April 3, 2005 shows rescuers searching for survivors after the 8.5-magnitude earthquake hit Pulau Nias on March 28, 2005, North Sumatera, Indonesia. [Enwar/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100407/0019b93bd68d0d2622bc02.jpg "File photo taken on April 3, 2005 shows rescuers searching for survivors after the 8.5-magnitude earthquake hit Pulau Nias on March 28, 2005, North Sumatera, Indonesia. [Enwar/Xinhua]")
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Administration.
With a depth of about 33 kilometers, the quake's epicenter lay in 2.4 degrees north latitude and 97.1 degrees east longitude, according to the administration.
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