Earthquake jolts capital

Tue, 22 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale
slightly jolted the capital in the early hours of Monday.

No reports of casualties or panic were reported. Damage to
buildings was also said to be minimal during the 90-second tremor
that began at 4:25 a.m.

Syaiful of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency was quoted by
Antara as saying that the quake's epicenter was 60
kilometers beneath the beach resort area of Pelabuhan Ratu in
West Java, about 150 kilometers south of Jakarta. (bsr)

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