Tremor rattles Tanzania's Zanzibar island: official

ZANZIBAR, Jan 15 (AFP) - An earthquake shook Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar Saturday, the meteorological department said, without giving its measurement on the Richter scale.
"The tremor was observed at several places on the island, including Pemba," the department's Khamis Ali Suleiman told AFP.
There were no reports of casualties.
The tremor struck around 8:15 am (0515 GMT), spreading panic across the Indian Ocean island, witnesses said.
"I saw people running, as many people were caught unawares," said Juma Hassan, a witness.
At least 163,370 people have died after an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra sparked massive waves that swept across shorelines in south Asia and east Africa.
The waves killed 10 people in Tanzania on December 26.

01/15/2005 17:40 GMT - AFP