Quake rocks Malang

Quake rocks Malang

JAKARTA (AFP): An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale rocked the Indonesian city of Malang in East Java province on Saturday morning but there were no reports of casualties, the state Antara news agency said.

Residents in Malang ran out of their houses, offices and schools in panic when the quake struck, Antara said.

"I immediately told the children to leave their classrooms when we felt the quake," an elementary school teacher said.

The three-minute tremor struck at 10.38 a.m. (03:38 GMT) with its epicenter located 115 kilometers under the sea, Zainal Abidin of the Geophysics and Meteorology Agency in East Java capital of Surabaya was quoted as saying.

The tremor was also felt with lower intensity in Central Java and other districts in East Java, he said.