International Courant
Jakarta, Indonesia — A reasonably sturdy earthquake shook elements of Indonesia’s primary island Java and the nation’s capital late on Sunday. There have been no speedy experiences of injury or accidents.
The US Geological Survey mentioned the shallow earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 and occurred 37.2 kilometers (23.11 miles) beneath the floor. The epicenter was 80 kilometers southwest of Pelabuhanratu, a coastal city in West Java province.
The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Company measured its preliminary magnitude at 5.7 and at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). Variations in early measurements of earthquakes are widespread.
The earthquake was strongly felt in a number of cities and cities and induced panic amongst some, mentioned Daryono, head of the earthquake and tsunami middle on the company.
Daryono, who like many Indonesians goes by one identify, mentioned there was no threat of a tsunami however warned of doable aftershocks.
Excessive-rise buildings within the capital Jakarta swayed for a number of seconds, even two-story homes shook violently in West Java’s provincial capital Bandung, and Jakarta’s satellite tv for pc cities of Bogor and Bekasi.
Earthquakes are widespread throughout the huge archipelago, however it’s uncommon for them to be felt in Jakarta.
Indonesia, a seismically lively archipelago of 270 million folks, is vulnerable to seismic unrest on account of its location on main geological fault strains generally known as the ‘Ring of Hearth’ within the Pacific Ocean.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake killed at the very least 602 folks within the metropolis of Cianjur in West Java final yr. It was the deadliest in Indonesia since a 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed greater than 4,300 folks.
In 2004, a particularly highly effective earthquake within the Indian Ocean induced a tsunami that killed greater than 230,000 folks in a dozen international locations, most of them within the Indonesian province of Aceh.
