Six dead after big quake in Indonesia

PADANG,Indonesia-Rescue teams headed for Indonesia's Sumatra coast on Thursday as aftershocks pounded the region where a powerful earthquake killed six people and perhaps many more the night before.Tsunami warnings were issued but later lifted for Indian Ocean rim countries after the latest aftershocks, including a shallow quake the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said had a magnitude of 7.8."We can expect aftershocks to continue for some time," USGS Geophysicist Dale Grant told Reuters.The tremors sowed fresh panic among residents in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra. The town was thrown into chaos and many fled after the initial 8.4-magnitude quake, which the USGS said was the most powerful in the world this year."My family and neighbors are evacuating to higher ground. Everyone in the place where I live decided to evacuate," said 35-year-old Padang resident Eri Kamra."I saw buildings collapse and one person lost consciousness after the morning quake," he told Reuters.Yuli Bersi, a 42-year-old, housewife said she had also fled with her three children to higher ground after the latest quakes.

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