Today's earthquake: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off the Indonesian island of Java

The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency reported that a 6.5-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of the Indonesian island of Java on Saturday.

The quake, recorded by the US Geological Survey at a magnitude of 6.1, was felt in the capital, Jakarta – where people were forced to evacuate buildings – and in nearby Bandung.

Iman Krisnawan (47 years old), a resident of Bandung, said: “I shouted at my wife and children to ask them to get out of the house.”

“Normally, earthquakes last about 5 seconds, and this one lasted between 10 to 15 seconds.”

There was no tsunami warning, according to BMKG. The US Geological Survey reported the depth as 68.3 kilometers (42 miles).

Indonesia, a vast archipelagic nation, is prone to frequent earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity where tectonic plates that extend from Japan across Southeast Asia and across the Pacific Basin collide.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook the island of Sulawesi in January 2021, killing more than 100 people and displacing thousands.

In 2018, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Palu, Sulawesi, killed more than 2,200 people.

In 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province, causing a tsunami and killing more than 170,000 people in Indonesia.

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Published: Apr 27, 2024, 10:32 PM IST

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