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5.8 magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia’s Java

/ 11:40 AM December 08, 2022

Children of earthquake victims walk past a collapsed house at Cugenang village in Cianjur, West Java on December 1, 2022, ten days after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake left 328 people dead. (Photo by ADITYA AJI / AFP)

Children of earthquake victims walk past a collapsed house at Cugenang village in Cianjur, West Java on December 1, 2022, ten days after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake left 328 people dead. (Photo by ADITYA AJI / AFP)

Jakarta, Indonesia — A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s main island of Java on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, less than a month after another quake in the same province killed more than 300 people.

The quake struck at 07:50 am local time (0050 GMT) around 15 kilometers from the town of Cianjur, the USGS said.

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It said there was a low likelihood of casualties or damage following the quake, which struck at a depth of 123 kilometers (76 miles).

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Last month, a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Cianjur, triggering landslides and collapsing buildings.

That tremor was the deadliest in the archipelago nation since a 2018 quake and resulting tsunami killed more than 4,000 people on the island of Sulawesi.

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Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide.

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