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5.8-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia's Java

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People stay outside amid fears of aftershocks following an earthquake at a business area in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 8, 2022. According to Indonesia" s="" meteorology="" agency="" a="" magnitude="" quake="" hit="" southeast="" of="" West="" Java="" province.="" The="" earthquake="" were="" felt="" in="" high="" rise="" buildings="" the="" capital="" and="" forced="" workers="" to="" be="" evacuated.="" Mast="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/12/08/quake.jpg"/><figcaption>People stay outside amid fears of aftershocks following an earthquake at a business area in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 8, 2022. According to Indonesia&#x27;s meteorology agency (BMGK) a 5.8 magnitude quake hit southeast of Sukabumi, West Java province. The earthquake were felt in high rise buildings in the capital and forced workers to be evacuated.<em> Mast Irham, EPA-EFE </em></figcaption></figure></div><p>JAKARTA — A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia&#x27;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.</p><p>The quake struck at 07:50 a.m. local time (8:50 a.m. in Manila) around 15 kilometers from the town of Cianjur, the USGS said.</p><p>It said there was a low likelihood of casualties or damage following the quake, which struck at a depth of 123 kilometers. </p><p>Last month, a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Cianjur, triggering landslides and collapsing buildings. </p><p>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. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/22/22/indonesia-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-162">Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 162; hundreds others injured</a></li></ul><p>Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific &quot;Ring of Fire&quot;, where tectonic plates collide.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ek_90M0ZvnE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's main island of Java less than a month after another quake in the same province killed more than 300 people.