A strong earthquake shakes the Indonesian island of Java, without any reports of casualties

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A strong, shallow undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, causing some damage but no immediate reports of casualties.

The US Geological Survey said that the magnitude of the earthquake reached 6.4 and occurred at a depth of 8.5 kilometers north of Pakiran in East Java province.

Two other, less powerful earthquakes struck the same area earlier on Friday and were felt in Surabaya, the nearest city, while buildings in the capital, Jakarta, swayed for several seconds after the third quake.

The authorities said that a house and the village municipality building collapsed in the Tuban area.

The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said there was no risk of a tsunami, but warned of the possibility of aftershocks.

Indonesia, a seismically active archipelago with a population of 270 million people, is vulnerable to seismic disturbances due to its location on major geological faults known as the “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific Ocean.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake last year killed about 600 people in the city of Cianjur in West Java. It was the deadliest in Indonesia since the 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed more than 4,300 people.

In 2004, a very strong earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries.

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