Jakarta: (Web Desk) A earthquake of 6.1 magnitude hit Indonesia’s West Java area, sending people running out of buildings. The quake has no tsunami potential, the agency said. It was felt in capital Jakarta, around 200 km from the epicenter. One person was injured and four houses were damaged in the town of Garut, said Abdul Muhari, spokesperson.
According to the sources, some residents of other towns and cities in West Java said on social media they felt the quake strongly. A Reuters witness in Bandung, the capital of West Java province, said guests of a hotel ran out of the building but had since returned inside. Last month a shallow quake of 5.6 magnitude hit West Java’s Cianjur, killing more than 300.
Furthermore, Suharyanto said that authorities were still making checks in other places near the epicenter. “Hopefully the impact is not as bad as Cianjur because this time the epicenter is pretty deep.” The magnitude was initially reported at 6.4 with a depth of 118 km (73 miles) and was later updated with a depth of 109 km. A smaller 2.9 magnitude quake at 107 km depth hit near the first quake over an hour later.
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