Jakarta: A strong earthquake off Indonesia's coast caused tall buildings to sway in the capital on Monday afternoon, but officials said there was no threat of a tsunami.
No damage or casualties were immediately reported.
Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency put the preliminary magnitude of the quake at 6.1. It hit 121 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of Sukabumi, a town on the coast of West Java province. It was centered 24 kilometers (15 miles) beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean.
Office workers in high-rise buildings felt about 10 seconds of intense shaking.
Jakarta has a population of 9 million. Indonesia has frequent earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
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1 comments:
How come that a natural disaster like earthquake is reported every time it happens but the same is not done in the case of volcanic eruptions..indonesia has lots of volcano also hav one super- volcano nearby...may b a sign that one of them is preparing to go big time...
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