Earthquake hits western Indonesia; country also on major alert following frequent volcano eruptions


JAKARTA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua): A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's western province of West Java on Sunday morning, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake occurred at 03:32 a.m. local time on Sunday (2032 GMT Saturday) with its epicenter located at 25 km northwest of Bogor town and a depth of 132 km under the seabed, the agency said.

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