JAKARTA, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale rocked the Indonesia's province of Aceh Tuesday evening, causing panic but no casualties reported, the meteorology agency said Wednesday morning.

    The quake struck at around 10:05 p.m. local time and was centered at 4.7 north latitude and 95.2 east longitude, about 33 kilometers below the sea floor and 90 kilometers southwest of Banda Aceh, the capital of the province, official of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency named only Wijayanto told Xinhua.

    He said that the quake caused no casualties or damage, but create panic among residents because of fear of possible tsunami.

    An 8.7 on the Richer Scale earthquake hit the west coast of Aceh province on Sumatra island on December 26 last year and triggered tsunami that claimed over 220,000 lives in Aceh province.Enditem