According to reports, at least 18 people have died till now in earthquake which had hit Indonesia's Aceh province at Indonesia's Sumatara Island with a magnitude of 6.5, the US Geological Survey said.

“Eighteen have died so far, based on data from the hospital. Some of the fatalities are children,” Said Mulyadi, deputy district chief of Pidie Jaya. The region is badly strike by the quake.

“Some people are still trapped inside shop houses, and we are trying to evacuate them using heavy machines and by hand,” local agency head Puteh Manaf. Several aftershocks were experienced just after the quake.

A similar magnitude quake had hit west of Sumatara Island this June.

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