A strong undersea earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s densely populated main island of Java on late Friday, June 30, 2023.
This causing panic as it killed at least one person, injured two others and damaged dozens of houses.
The tremor caused minor damage to hundreds of houses, some offices, health and education facilities scattered in the region of Yogyakarta and Central Java province, the agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari told Reuters Saturday.
Indonesia’s geophysics agency (BMKG) said the quake, which hit at a depth of 25 km (15 miles).
It felt in several cities in the region of Yogyakarta as well as east and central Java. Indonesia’s most populous island. No tsunami warning issued.
Indonesia, in Southeast Asia, straddles the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, a highly active seismic zone. The different plates on the Earth’s crust meet and set off a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes.