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| Earthquake Panics Jakarta After Striking Off Coast of Indonesia | |
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| JAKARTA, Indonesia — A strong earthquake struck off the southern coast of Java, Indonesia, on Tuesday, rocking buildings in the capital, Jakarta, and sending people fleeing into the streets in panic. | JAKARTA, Indonesia — A strong earthquake struck off the southern coast of Java, Indonesia, on Tuesday, rocking buildings in the capital, Jakarta, and sending people fleeing into the streets in panic. |
| The magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck around 1:34 p.m. about 100 miles southwest of Jakarta, with its epicenter in the Indian Ocean. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but reports on social media suggested that buildings in the capital shook for several seconds, with some being evacuated. | |
| Around Jakarta, panicky Indonesians fled schools, office buildings and other high-rises. | Around Jakarta, panicky Indonesians fled schools, office buildings and other high-rises. |
| “It felt like a giant rock had dropped either in the hallway or just outside the building,” said Marcoen Stoop, a Belgian businessman who lives on the 35th floor of an apartment building in Jakarta. “Then, the building started swaying and the swaying increased steadily,” he added, saying the rocking lasted less than a minute. | “It felt like a giant rock had dropped either in the hallway or just outside the building,” said Marcoen Stoop, a Belgian businessman who lives on the 35th floor of an apartment building in Jakarta. “Then, the building started swaying and the swaying increased steadily,” he added, saying the rocking lasted less than a minute. |
| Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago, straddles the Pacific’s “Ring of Fire” and is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. | Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago, straddles the Pacific’s “Ring of Fire” and is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. |
| Hesti Dimalia, 27, a local newspaper journalist, said she hid under a table in her eighth-floor newsroom in South Jakarta after the temblor struck, then ran down an emergency stairwell to the street after building security instructed everyone to evacuate. | |
| “I was afraid, afraid I was going to die,” she said. “I remembered my little kid at home. That’s why I was shouting, ‘Allahu akbar,’ so he would protect me,” she said, referring to the Arabic phrase “God is great.” | |
| Kaprawi, a duty officer with the Regional Disaster Management Agency in Banten Province, which lies in the West Java region, said that as of Tuesday afternoon, 105 homes had been damaged, a vast majority of them lightly, although a small number were flattened. | |
| He said there were no confirmed injuries or deaths. | |
| “We obviously hope it stays that way,” said Mr. Kaprawi, who, like many Indonesians, has only one name. |