5Magnitude 6**, a strong earthquake shook Jakarta.
Late Sunday night, there was a strong intensity of moderate intensity** in the main area and capital of the Indonesian island of Java, with no immediate reports of damage or personnel**. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, this shallow ** has a preliminary magnitude of 5Magnitude 6 with an epicenter depth of 372 km (23.)11 miles). The epicenter was located west - 80 km (29 mi) southwest of Pelabuhanratu, West Java Province, western Java.
The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency determined a preliminary magnitude of 5Magnitude 7 with an epicenter depth of 10 km (62 miles). Often, early measurements will vary. The head of the bureau and the tsunami center, Dayono, said that the earthquake was felt strongly in several cities and villages and caused some panic. Dayono, like many other Indonesians, has only one name, saying there is no danger of a tsunami but warning of possible aftershocks.
High-rise buildings in the capital, Jakarta, shook for seconds, and even in Bandung, the capital of West Java, and the satellite cities of Bogar and Bekasi, Jakarta, two-storey houses shook strongly. **Often happens in this sprawling archipelagic country, but is rarely felt in Jakarta**.
Indonesia is a geologically active archipelagic country with a population of 2700 million, which is prone to ** activity due to its location in the main Pacific Plate "Ring of Fire" region. Last year, 5Level 6**, resulting in at least 602 deaths. This is the deadliest in Indonesia since Sulawesi's 2018 tsunami killed more than 4,300 people.
In 2004, an extremely strong ** event in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 12 countries, most of them in the Indonesian province of Aceh.