Jakarta, Jan. 14 (BNA) A strong earthquake rocked parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, damaging buildings and homes and taking people into the streets, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. Officials said there was no danger of a tsunami.
The US Geological Survey said the 6.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean about 88 kilometers (54 miles) southwest of Labuan, a coastal town in Banten province. She added that the center was at a depth of 37 kilometers.
Dwikorita Karnawati, head of Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, said there was no danger of a tsunami, but warned of possible aftershocks, according to the Associated Press.
High-rises in the capital Jakarta swayed for more than 10 seconds and some ordered evacuations, sending people onto the streets. Even the two-storey houses shook heavily in the satellite cities of Tangerang, Bogor and Bekasi.
Earthquakes happen frequently across the sprawling archipelago, but it’s not uncommon to feel them in Jakarta.