In Reply to: arrggh TREMOR just happened in Jkt.. posted by gadisdesa on Wednesday, 19. July 2006 at 19:09 Bali Time:
JAKARTA, Indonesia Jul 19, 2006 (AP)— A strong earthquake caused tall buildings to sway in the Indonesian capital Wednesday, witnesses said. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 and was centered 24 miles beneath the Sunda straits, said Budi Waluyo, an official at Indonesia's meteorological office said.
It struck 120 miles southwest of Jakarta, he said.
A tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake slammed into Indonesia's Java island on Monday, killing more than 530 people. Aftershocks have continued to rattle the region.
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