On Saturday evening, western Indonesia was jolted by a 6.5-magnitude undersea earthquake, according to the country's meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency. The quake struck at 23:29 Jakarta time (1629 GMT), with its epicenter located 151 km southwest of Garut Regency and at a depth of 10 km.
The tremors were felt across several regions, including Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, as well as nearby provinces such as Banten, Central Java, Yogyakarta, and East Java. In West Java province, the intensity of the earthquake reached IV on the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale in Sukabumi and Tasikmalaya towns, and III to IV in Bandung, the province's capital.
Despite the strength of the earthquake, no tsunami alert was issued, as authorities determined that the tremors would not potentially trigger giant waves. Indonesia, an archipelagic nation situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, remains vulnerable to earthquakes due to its location in this active seismic zone.
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