Powerful earthquake shakes buildings violently in Indonesian capital
JAKARTA (AP): A powerful undersea earthquake rattled Indonesia's capital early Thursday, violently shaking tall buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets, officials and witnesses said.
There were no immediate reports of damage, and geophysicists said there was little risk of a tsunami.
The temblor, which struck just after midnight, had a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 and was centered 110 kilometers east of Jakarta at a depth of around 290 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Residents said tall buildings and single-story homes shook violently in the city of 9 million, and water sloshed from swimming pools. Many people were woken up by the power of the quake, and screamed "Allah Akbar" or "God is great" as they ran outside.
The jolt could be felt from Indonesia's westernmost island of Sumatra to Bali in the east, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, most likely because of its depth, local officials said.
Source: The Jakarta Post
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