Earthquakes strike Indonesian islands

Two strong earthquakes shook several islands in northeastern Indonesia but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said today.

The quakes struck toward the opposite end of the vast Indonesian archipelago from where the massive 9.0-magnitude quake struck on December 26, spawning a tsunami that killed more than 100,000 people in Aceh province on the northern tip of Sumatra island.