2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake shook the Indonesian capital and other cities on the country's most populous island of Java b on Friday. A still unknown number of people have died in the middle of the collapsed buildings.
Authorities issued a tsunami warning in parts of the Java coast following the earthquake shortly before midnight on Friday. Many residents panicked in many areas, according to images Indonesian television showed as people left coastal areas.
National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said deaths were reported, but could not immediately provide details. He also said there were reports that several buildings had collapsed in the West Java city of Tasikmalaya, as well as in several West Java districts.
Nugroho said strong tremors were felt for about 20 seconds in the capital of Jakarta and in cities and towns in West and Central Java.
The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake was 6.5 magnitude and was 91 kilometers (56 miles) deep and located inland. Indonesian authorities reported an earthquake of similar magnitude in the Java Sea.
Indonesia sits in the "Pacific Ring of Fire" and has frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
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