An earthquake with magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale struck eastern part of Java Island of centralIndonesia on Friday afternoon, no immediate report of damages or casualty, Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.
The quake jolted at 17:45 Jakarta time (1045 GMT) with the epicenter at 247 km southwest Jember town of East Java province and at 10 km under sea bed, an official of the agency named Ajad Sudrajat told Xinhua.
The quake intensity was felt at 2 to 3 MMI (modified mercally intensity), a scale that can crack building at Denpasar the capital of Bali province, the center of Indonesian tourist industry which is conducting an international climate change talks.
The official said that the quake has no potential to trigger tsunami.
In 2004, over 170,000 people were dead in Aceh province in northern tip of Sumatra Island after a tsunami triggered by a powerful quake devastated coastal areas of the province and other countries in southeast Asia.
Indonesia is laid at a vulnerable zone so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire" where two continental plates, stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia, meet that cause frequent volcanic movements.
Source: Xinhua
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