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Earthquake leads to traffic jams in Jakarta
When a 6.1 Richter scale earthquake struck Lebak, Banten, West Java, on Tuesday afternoon, the jolt was also felt in Greater Jakarta, leading to heavy traffic in several parts of the capital.
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Workers mill around outside an office building in Jakarta after they felt the jolt from a 6.1 Richter scale earthquake in Lebak, Banten, some 150 kilometers from Jakarta, on Tuesday afternoon. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
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hen a 6.1 Richter scale earthquake struck Lebak, Banten, West Java, on Tuesday afternoon, the jolt was also felt in Greater Jakarta, leading to heavy traffic in several parts of the capital. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has earlier said that the quake had a magnitude of 6.4.
The quake occurred at 1:34 p.m. and lasted less than a minute, but it prompted thousands of people in Jakarta to flee buildings, including lawmakers at the House of Representatives in Central Jakarta.
Evacuation #gempajakarta in Kuningan City this morning after 6.4 earthquake what a way to start the day pic.twitter.com/GO4EiPTY7E
— Aaron Rayburn (@ac_rayburn) January 23, 2018
The Jakarta Post observed people at the Menteng Huis shopping area in Central Jakarta, visitors of the Maritime Museum in North Jakarta and military personnel in East Jakarta milling outside of buildings, saying the earthquake was huge.
Severe traffic jams occurred in areas such as Kuningan and Senayan in South Jakarta and on Jl. Gatot Subroto and Jl. Sudirman because workers reportedly went home earlier than usual after the earthquake.
Many workers were also seen still milling around outside their workplaces.
#EU staff at assembly point following #Jakarta #earthquake #gempa. Stay safe everyone 🙏 pic.twitter.com/OAkp8CeuAw
— EU in Indonesia (@uni_eropa) January 23, 2018
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued a statement saying there was no any indication of an aftershock and asked residents, especially those in Lebak, not to panic. No casualties have been reported.
The earthquake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami. (wnd, hol, dea, gis, saf, foy)
#BREAKING: Picture of school classroom in Pandeglang, Banten province damaged by powerful 6.4 SR Jakarta-Banten #earthquake (#gempa). pic.twitter.com/XCnGB063PD
— Ericssen (@EricssenWen) January 23, 2018
