Bandung, W Java, (ANTARA News) - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook Pangandaran district, West Java, on Sunday morning.

The epicenter of the quake which struck at 09.50 a.m. was located in the sea 160 kilometers southwest of the district at a depth of 10 kilometers, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Office in Bandung said.

The quake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami, it said.

Reporting by Ajat Sudrajat
Editing by Suharto

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