At 5.00 am Wednesday (7/12/16), a magnitude 6.5 earthquake shook Pidie Jaya District, Aceh Province. ... Seismologists said the earthquake was felt across much of Aceh province, which was devastated by the 2004 tsunami. Wed 7 Dec 2016 05.28 EST First published on Tue 6 Dec 2016 22.14 EST. The epicentre is located at 5.25 N and 96.24 E on the ground, 106 km Southeast of Banda Aceh at a depth of 15 km. This earthquake was caused by the active faults Samalanga-Sipopok spreading from Southwest to Northeast. On 6 December 2016, an Mw 6.5 earthquake occurred in Pidie Jaya, Aceh, about 30 km to the north of the Sumatran fault (SF) that killed more than 100 people and destroyed ∼3000 buildings. Deadly magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Aceh in Indonesia. Magnitude-6.5 earthquake hits Indonesia's Aceh province killing nearly 100 people By Indonesia correspondent Adam Harvey , wires Updated December 08, 2016 07:08:57 7 December 2016. The shock was reported to be at a depth of 13 km, categorized as a shallow earthquake; the epicentre was located near the village of Reuleut in Pidie Jaya Regency, 164 km southeast of the province's capital, Banda Aceh. A strong undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's Aceh province early on Wednesday, killing at least 97 people and sparking a frantic rescue effort in the rubble of dozens of ... 6 December 2016. The 2016 Aceh earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a Mw of 6.5 in Aceh province on 7 December 2016, at 05:03 WIB.