An earthquake again rocked Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, at
about 17:58 local time on Wednesday, causing panic among people in
high-rise buildings and shopping malls.
An official of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency, Hendro,
said the tremor measured on three up to four on the Modified
Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale.
Until now, the epicenter and its measurement on the Richter
scale were still unknown, Antara news agency reported.
According to the latest official statistics, 531 people were
confirmed dead and more than 270 others remained missing after
tsunami struck onto southern coastal areas of West Java and Central
Java and Yogyakarta provinces on Monday.
Earlier, the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said
an earthquake measuring 6.2 in magnitude, striking the Sunda
Straits separating the country's Sumatra island from Java
island.
But the tremor appeared to be stronger than the quake which
rocked Jakarta on Monday when a magnitude 6.8 quake followed by a
tsunami hit southern coastal areas of Java island, Hendro said.
A quake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale was also reported to
have occurred in West Java on Wednesday with its epicenter in Ujung
Kulon, around 150 kilometers west of Jakarta.
(Xinhua News Agency July 20, 2006)
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