A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hits the Indonesian island of Java
The US Geological Survey said that a 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java on Saturday, leaving one injured, less than two weeks after another earthquake occurred in the same town last month, killing more than 330 people.
The quake occurred at a depth of 112 km and 18 km southeast of the city of Banjar in West Java, according to the US agency.
The Indonesian Meteorological Agency said, for its part, that the quake was stronger, with a magnitude of 6.4.
And it led to the shaking of buildings in the capital, Jakarta, according to a journalist at Agence France-Presse.
At least one person was injured and taken to hospital, the head of the disaster management agency told Metro TV.
The Indonesian agency added that the earthquake caused buildings to shake in the town of Garut in West Java, warning residents near the epicenter of the possibility of aftershocks.
But she confirmed that there is no danger of a tsunami.
"There are people who ran outside when the earthquake occurred, but they have returned to their activities," said local ambulance official Buddy Satria, stressing that "everything is fine."
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