Employees stand on a street in downtown Jakarta after evacuating from their building. (Photo: Jurnasyanto Sukarno, JG)
Quake shakes Jakarta. Yup, it was happened in Jakarta and I felt it!
But the center of the quake was not in Jakarta. It was located 143 kilometers southwest of the West Java town of Tasikmalaya at a depth of 30 kilometers beneath the seabed. The earthquake measuring 7,3 on the Richter Scale jolted West and Central Java at 2:55 PM. The quake was felt in major cities like Jakarta and Yogyakarta.
The quake was felt strongly in the capital Jakarta Wednesday, shaking buildings and sending residents running out of their homes and high-rise office towers screaming in panic. A tsunami alert was issued but cancelled about less than an hour later.
Officials said at least one person was killed and 27 injured in Jakarta, where the tremor cracked some buildings and shattered windows.
The quake triggered a landslide that buried at least 57 people in Cianjur district, where 12 people were found dead, and rescue officials said late Wednesday.
There are some rumors that said there will be another bigger quake in Java but I hope it wouldn't happen again.
The quake was felt strongly in the capital Jakarta Wednesday, shaking buildings and sending residents running out of their homes and high-rise office towers screaming in panic. A tsunami alert was issued but cancelled about less than an hour later.
Officials said at least one person was killed and 27 injured in Jakarta, where the tremor cracked some buildings and shattered windows.
The quake triggered a landslide that buried at least 57 people in Cianjur district, where 12 people were found dead, and rescue officials said late Wednesday.
There are some rumors that said there will be another bigger quake in Java but I hope it wouldn't happen again.
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