Indonesia: 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Java Island, No Tsunami Warning Issued

NEW DELHI: Indonesia’s geophysics service (BMKG) reported that a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java on Friday evening, although there were no immediate reports of injuries and no tsunami warning was issued.

Strong undersea earthquake that caused terror while shaking Java, Indonesia's biggest island, killed at least one person, injured two more, and destroyed scores of homes.

The magnitude 5.8 earthquake that occurred on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey, was located 84 kilometres southwest of Bambanglipuro, a village in Bantul regency, a special province of Yogyakarta. At a distance of 86 kilometres, it happened. According to Muhari, at least 93 homes in Yogyakarta and its bordering provinces of Central Java and East Java were destroyed by the earthquake, along with other structures like schools, health centres, houses of worship, and government buildings.

Locals in the Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces were shown on television frightened as houses and other structures swayed briefly. In some instances, evacuation orders resulted in large-scale street flooding.

There was no tsunami threat, but Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency issued a warning about potential aftershocks. The agency determined the earthquake's preliminary magnitude to be 6.4. Early earthquake estimations frequently vary. Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency issued a warning about possible aftershocks even though there was no threat from a tsunami. The organisation established the earthquake's 6.4 initial magnitude. earthquake early estimates frequently differ.

Despite inflicting more than 130,000 injuries and killing over 6,200 people in Yogyakarta in 2006, the two temples sustained fairly minor damage. The nation's population of more than 270 million is frequently affected by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis as a result of its placement on the "Ring of Fire," a chain of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.

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