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Hundreds of houses damaged, eight injured in West Java earthquake
While no aftershocks were forecast after the main earthquake on Saturday night, authorities warned people to check on building conditions before returning to their homes, and to stay alert for landslides and flash floods that could be triggered by heavy rain in some parts of the quake-affected area.
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Residents clean rubble from their home on April 28, 2024, in Ciamis regency, West Java. The house sustained damage from a magnitude-6.2 earthquake around 150 kilometers southwest of Garut regency in the same province on the previous night. (Antara/Adeng Bustomi)
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n earthquake south of West Java on Saturday evening that was felt in Jakarta has damaged hundreds of buildings in several cities and regencies in the province and left several people injured, without reports of any fatalities.
According to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), a magnitude-6.2 earthquake rocked the region at 11:29 p.m. on Saturday. The epicenter of the quake was located about 156 kilometers southwest of Garut, West Java at a depth of 70 kilometers below sea level.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.1 at a depth of 68.3 km. The quake produced a shock that affected several cities and regencies in West Java, including the Banjar municipality and the Garut, Bandung, Tasikmalaya and Sukabumi regencies.
The quake was also felt in Jakarta, Serang, Banten and Yogyakarta, which are located as far as 350 km from the epicenter.
While BMKG did not issue a tsunami alert because of the earthquake, it alerted people in areas where the shock was felt.
“I screamed to my wife and kids to tell them to get out of the house,” Iman Krisnawan, a 47-year-old resident of the provincial capital of Bandung, told AFP. “Usually, earthquakes last about 5 seconds, but this one lasted between 10 and 15 seconds.”
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