The quake struck at a depth of 91 kilometres (56 miles) just outside the coastal town of Cipatujah on Java island late Friday, the US Geological Survey said. At least a hundred houses were damaged across West Java and Central Java provinces, the national disaster mitigation agency said. Jakarta resident Web Warouw, 50, was on the 18th floor of a building in the capital when the quake struck just before midnight local time (1700 GMT). "Suddenly, we felt dizzy... We then realised it was a quake and immediately ran downstairs," Warouw told AFP. Some 170,000 lives were lost when a 9.1-magnitude quake and tsunami struck Aceh in December 2004, which also hit coastal areas as far away as Somalia.

Source: The Nation Bangkok December 16, 2017 05:37 UTC