A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s western province of West Java yesterday, with the tremors strongly felt in the country’s capital Jakarta, which triggered panic, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake struck at 13:21 Jakarta time (0621 GMT), with the epicentre located at 10 km south-west of the district of Cianjur in West Java province, with the depth of 10 km under-land, the agency said.

The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami.

The tremors were strongly felt in the country’s capital, Jakarta, causing residents to immediately rush out of houses and buildings.

The U.S. Geological Survey said, the earthquake was measured at 5.4 magnitude, and the epicentre was initially determined to be at 6.8398 degrees south latitude, and 107.1073 degrees east longitude.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK