JAKARTA: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia‘s essential island of Java on Thursday, america Geological Survey stated, lower than a month after one other quake in the identical province killed greater than 300 individuals.
The quake struck at 07:50 am native time (0050 GMT) round 15 kilometres from the city of Cianjur, the USGS stated.
It stated there was a low probability of casualties or harm following the quake, which struck at a depth of 123 kilometres (76 miles).
Final month, a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Cianjur, triggering landslides and collapsing buildings.
That tremor was the deadliest within the archipelago nation since a 2018 quake and ensuing tsunami killed greater than 4,000 individuals on the island of Sulawesi.
Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic exercise because of its place on the Pacific “Ring of Fireplace”, the place tectonic plates collide.
The quake struck at 07:50 am native time (0050 GMT) round 15 kilometres from the city of Cianjur, the USGS stated.
It stated there was a low probability of casualties or harm following the quake, which struck at a depth of 123 kilometres (76 miles).
Final month, a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Cianjur, triggering landslides and collapsing buildings.
That tremor was the deadliest within the archipelago nation since a 2018 quake and ensuing tsunami killed greater than 4,000 individuals on the island of Sulawesi.
Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic exercise because of its place on the Pacific “Ring of Fireplace”, the place tectonic plates collide.
