This image from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows a tremblor gauged on a seismograph 22 December 2003, described as a major earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, which shook central and southern California.

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes off Aceh

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Homes in Aceh remain buried under thick, hardened mud three months after Sumatra floods

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Man, elephant killed amid growing human-animal conflict in Sumatra

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Bali flooding prompts tourist evacuation

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Fandi Ramadan's father Sulaiman (sitting left) and mother (sitting center) listen on Friday as top lawyer Hotman Paris talks during a meeting in Jakarta. Fandi, a ship crew member who had just worked for three days, faces the death penalty in a drug smuggling case.

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