JAKARTA, Dec 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s western province of West Java this morning, according to the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency.
The government agency reported a 6.1 magnitude quake, before revising it down to 5.8 magnitude. The quake was strongly felt in the country’s capital, Jakarta.
The earthquake hit at 07:50 a.m. (0050), with its epicentre located at 22 km south-east of the district of Sukabumi in West Java province, with a depth of 122 km under-earth, head of the agency’s quake and tsunami mitigation division, Daryono, said.
The tremors did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, according to the agency.
West Java province has been in a reconstruction period, after being devastated by a 5.6 magnitude quake last month, which killed over 300 people.– NNN-ANTARA
