(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's western province
of Banten on Sunday with no preliminary reports of damages or
casualties, a weather agency and officials said, reports citing
.
The tremor was also felt in nearby province of West Java and the
country's capital of Jakarta, said the meteorology, climatology and
geophysics agency.
The quake occurred at 17:02 Jakarta time (1202 GMT), with the
epicenter at 26 km southwest of the Banten province's district of
Lebak and 12 km under the seabed, the agency said.
It said the quake did not have the potential to trigger a
tsunami.
Spokesperson of the Indonesian Disaster Management and
Mitigation Agency Abdul Muhari said that there were no initial
reports of damages or casualties, but the risk assessment of the
impact of the quake is still underway.
'So far, we have not received information about the houses or
buildings damaged. But (our personnel) are still checking the
impacts of the quake,' he told Xinhua by phone.
In Banten province, the tremor was felt but in a short time,
said Nana Suryana, head of the operational unit of the provincial
disaster management agency.
So far there were no houses or buildings damaged or people
injured after the quake. However, the assessment of the quake's
impact was still underway, the official told Xinhua via phone.
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