Magnitude 4.8 quake now hits Indonesia's West Java, no casualties reported

JAKARTA (Reuters): A series of shallow earthquakes hit Indonesia's West Java province on late Sunday with the biggest at magnitude 4.8 during night causing residents to flee their homes, damage to buildings but no casualties, local authorities said.

The quake's epicentre was 2km (1.25 miles) northeast of Sumedang in West Java province at a depth of 5km, while two previous quakes were in smaller magnitude, the country's geophysics agency (BMKG) said.