Learning About Indonesias Fault Lines
A massive earthquake shook Pidie Jaya, Pidie, and Bireun in Aceh province. The fault line from where the quake emerged has not been studied in detail. Neither have hundreds of other faults below Aceh.
December 13, 2016
Mawardi, a resident of Buangan village at Pidie Jaya regency, was not dreaming when he felt his bed shake early morning last Wednesday. "I was thrown around on my mattress, he said. When he realized something was wrong, Wardi jumped off the bed only to receive another surprise. The floor, he said, felt as if it had been 'lifted up'.Wardi was experiencing an earthquake.
The area, inhabited by 145,000 residents, and another 400,000 in Pidie and Bireun
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