Magnitude 4.8 quake hits West Java, no casualties

Shocked by tremor: Patients are evacuated to emergency tents set up outside Sumedang Regional General Hospital after the roof and walls were damaged by the 4.8 earthquake in Sumedang, West Java. — AFP

A series of shallow earthquakes hit Indonesia’s West Java province on 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 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.