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The country’s geophysical agency BMKG said a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Java province on Saturday.
According to the BMKG, the epicenter of the earthquake was located on land and there is no possibility of a tsunami.
The country’s national disaster management agency (BNPB) said one person was injured while four houses and a school were damaged in the town of Garut.
There have been no reports of aftershocks. However, the head of the BNPB, Major General Suharyanto, asked residents to remain calm, alert and careful, adding that a response team would be dispatched to assess the need.
“In response to the earthquake that happened before that, again, stay calm, stay alert but don’t need to stop your daily activities,” says Suharyanto.
“According to BMKG, this earthquake is quite deep. Based on the experience of previous earthquakes, with a depth of more than 60 km, moreover this earthquake is over 100 km, the impact is expected… will not be too severe,” added Mr. Suharyanto.
It appeared after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake shaking West Java 21, with a final death toll of 334. Search and rescue operations following the November earthquake have ended, the BNPB said on Saturday.
Final details on the total number of injured and those displaced have yet to be released.
Suharyanto said 56,320 homes were damaged in that quake, more than a third of which were severely damaged. Other buildings damaged included 31 schools, 124 places of worship and three medical facilities.
Indonesia is located on the “Ring of Fire”, a strip surrounding the Pacific Ocean, where earthquakes and volcanic activity are frequent. One of the most seismically active regions on the planet, it stretches from Japan and Indonesia on one side of the Pacific Ocean to California and South America on the other.
