General
Earthquake off the coast of Indonesia’s main island of Java kills 6
A strong earthquake has killed at least six people and damaged buildings on Indonesia’s main island of Java and shook the tourist hotspot of Bali.
Key points:
- The magnitude 6.0 quake hit on Saturday afternoon
- Officials say the earthquake does not have the potential to cause a tsunami
- It is the second natural disaster to hit the country within a week
The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.0 quake struck off the island’s southern coast at 2:00pm local time.
Rahmat Triyono, the head of Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami centre, said in a statement delivered on Saturday that the undersea earthquake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.
Still, he urged people to stay away from slopes of soil or rocks that have the potential…
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