Google – AFP, 25 January 2014
An elderly
man walks past a collapsed mosque in Kranggan village after an
earthquake in
Banyumas, central Java, on January 25, 2014 (AFP, Liliek Darmawan)
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Jakarta — A
6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's main island of Java on
Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, flattening homes and sending
panicked residents running onto the street.
Dozens of
buildings were damaged, including 16 houses and that collapsed in the town of
Banyumas, as well as a mosque that crumbled, National Disaster Mitigation
Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
"Authorities
are continuing to asses other buildings for damage," he said.
"So
far there are no reports of casualties."
People in
the town of Adipala near the epicentre said they felt the ground shaking hard
for up to 20 seconds, as the quake struck in the sea off the coast of southern
Java.
"We
all just ran onto the street, there were so many people," Astri, a florist
who goes by one name, told AFP by phone from her flower shop.
"But
it doesn't seem to have damaged anything around here, and we're getting back to
work," she said.
The quake
struck 39 kilometres (24 miles) south-southeast of Adipala, according to the
USGS. It was felt in several towns up to 50 kilometres from the Javanese coast,
including in the more densely populated Yogyakarta city, where at least eight
homes were damaged, Nugroho said.
The quake
hit at 12:14 pm (0514 GMT) at a depth of 83 kilometres, and Indonesia's
meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said there was no risk of a
tsunami.
Indonesia
sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where tectonic plates collide,
causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.
A
6.1-magnitude quake that struck Aceh province on Sumatra island in July 2013
killed at least 35 people and left thousands homeless.
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