The epicenter of the quake which struck at 08.20 a.m. was in the sea 113 km southwest of West Java`s Sukabumi town at a depth of 10 km, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said in its official website.
The quake was not significant enough to trigger a tsunami, according to the agency.
"The quake was felt by people living in Sukabumi, Garut, Tasikmalaya, and Cianjur," Pepen Efendi, spokesman of the agency`s office in Bandung, capital of West Java province, said on Sunday.
He said the epicenter of Sunday`s quake was found in the meeting point of very active Indoaustronesia and Indoeuronesia plates which triggered a number of quakes in recent years.
"But the location is different from the epicenter of the quake which struck off the Tasikmalaya coast (a few years ago)," he said.
Sunday`s quake was the latest in a series of quakes to hit the southern part of West Java over the past few months. A powerful quake last hit southern West Java on September 9, 2009, causing considerable damage in a number of areas.
Indonesia sits on the so-called Pacific "ring of fire", a volcanologically active terrestrial chain where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions can happen any time.(*)
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