Quake jolts Java again


A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s main island of Java with no immediate reports of damage, less than a month after another quake in the same province killed more than 300 people.

The quake struck at 07.50am local time around 15km from the town of Cianjur, epicentre of November’s devastating tremor, the United States Geological Survey said.

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