A quake of 6.1 magnitude hit Indonesia’s West Java space on Saturday, the nation’s geophysics company BMKG mentioned, sending individuals working out of buildings.

The quake has no tsunami potential, the company mentioned. It was felt in capital Jakarta, round 200 km from the epicentre.

One individual was injured and 4 homes have been broken within the city of Garut, mentioned Abdul Muhari, spokesperson for Indonesia’s catastrophe mitigation company (BNPB).

Some residents of different cities and cities in West Java mentioned on social media they felt the quake strongly. A Reuters witness in Bandung, the capital of West Java province, mentioned visitors of a resort ran out of the constructing however had since returned inside.

Final month a shallow quake of 5.6 magnitude hit West Java’s Cianjur, killing greater than 300.

The top of BNPB, Suharyanto, instructed native information channel MetroTV that authorities have been nonetheless making checks in different places close to the epicentre on Saturday.

“Hopefully the impression just isn’t as unhealthy as Cianjur as a result of this time the epicentre is fairly deep,” he instructed MetroTV.

The magnitude was initially reported at 6.4 with a depth of 118 km (73 miles) and was later up to date with a depth of 109 km.

BMKG reported a smaller 2.9 magnitude quake at 107 km depth hit close to the primary quake over an hour later.