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An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude hit Indonesia’s West Java province on Saturday, the nation’s geophysics company BMKG mentioned.
According to the BMKG, the epicenter of the earthquake was on land and there’s no potential for a tsunami.
One individual was injured whereas 4 homes and a college have been broken within the city of Garut, in response to the nation’s National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB).
There have been no studies of aftershocks. However, the top of the BNPB, Major-General Suharyanto, has requested residents to stay calm, alert and cautious, including {that a} response workforce can be despatched to evaluate wants.
“In response to the earthquake that happened earlier, once again, remain calm, alert but there is no need to stop your daily activities,” Suharyanto mentioned.
“According to the BMKG, this earthquake was quite deep. Based on the experience of previous earthquakes, with a depth of more than 60 kilometers, moreover this is above 100 kilometers, it is expected that the impact… won’t be too damaging,” Suharyanto added.
It comes after a lethal magnitude-5.6 earthquake shook West Java on November 21, with a closing loss of life toll of 334. The search and rescue operation following November’s earthquake has ended, the BNPB mentioned Saturday.
Final particulars on the full variety of injured and other people displaced are but to be launched.
Suharyanto mentioned 56,320 homes have been broken in that quake, greater than a 3rd of them badly. Other broken buildings included 31 faculties, 124 locations of worship and three well being amenities.
Indonesia sits on the “Ring of Fire,” a band across the Pacific Ocean that units off frequent earthquakes and volcanic exercise. One of essentially the most seismically lively zones on the planet, it stretches from Japan and Indonesia on one facet of the Pacific to California and South America on the opposite.