The epicenter of the quake which struck at 11.14 p.m. local time was in the Indian Ocean 68 km southwest of Kebumen city in Central Java at a depth of 33 kmYogyakarta (ANTARA News) - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked Yogyakarta on Monday night but there was no immediate report of casualties or material damage.
The epicenter of the quake which struck at 11.14 p.m. local time was in the Indian Ocean 68 km southwest of Kebumen city in Central Java at a depth of 33 km, said Toni A Wijaya, head of the data and information section of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) office in Yogyakarta.
According to the BMKG, the quake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 is considered moderate and capable of causing considerable damage.
Earlier, last Saturday, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked southern Central Java. The epicenter of the quake was also in the Indian Ocean 104 km southwest of Kebumen at a depth of 48 km, the agency said.
The quake hit Central Javas southern cities, including Cilacap, Kebumen, Banyumas and Purworejo.
In Cilacap district, the quake damaged at least 21 houses.
Three of the houses were seriously damaged, head of the district disaster mitigation body (BPBD) Supriyanto said.
Last Saturdays quake also damaged at least 93 houses in neighboring Banyumas district.
No casualties were reported in the quake.
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Reporting by Masduki Attamami
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