Massive 7.4 earthquake hits Jakarta, Indonesia

August 8, 2007

Jakarta, Indonesia - A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 has struck Indonesia's main island of Java near the capital, Jakarta.

The quake hit just after midnight local time at a depth of 177 miles, said the US Geological Survey.

No immediate casualties or damage were reported. Because of the depth, there was little risk of a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

A massive undersea earthquake sparked a tsunami that killed more than 130,000 people in Indonesia in December 2004.

Earthquakes and tsunamis are frequent in Indonesia, part of the seismically active Pacific "Ring of Fire".

From the USGS: Magnitude 7.4

Date-Time Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 17:04:57 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 12:04:57 AM
= local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 5.924°S, 107.741°E
Depth 282.1 km (175.3 miles)
Region JAVA, INDONESIA
Distances 110 km (70 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
115 km (70 miles) N of Bandung, Java, Indonesia
130 km (80 miles) NW of Cirebon, Java, Indonesia
150 km (90 miles) NE of Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10 km (6.2 miles); depth +/- 19.6 km (12.2 miles)
Parameters Nst= 40, Nph= 40, Dmin=553.8 km, Rmss=1.31 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6

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