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| Powerful earthquake strikes Java | Powerful earthquake strikes Java |
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| A powerful earthquake has struck Java in Indonesia, damaging several buildings on the west of the island. | |
| Dozens of buildings collapsed in the city of Tasikmalaya injuring a number of people, according to one report. | |
| The magnitude seven quake also damaged buildings in the university city of Bandung near the epicentre, but there were no reports of any deaths. | |
| In the capital Jakarta hundreds of people streamed from offices into the streets, according to agency reports. | |
| The US Geological Survey lowered its magnitude reading from 7.4 to 7.0 and local tsunami warnings were withdrawn. | |
| "The building first shook for about 10 seconds then stopped but then it continued again," one witness in Jakarta said. | |
| And in Bandung another eyewitness told reporters: "We were all studying and the building we were in started shaking for a few minutes and the ceiling fell." | |
| In Tasikmalaya the mayor's home and a mosque were among the properties reportedly damaged. | |
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