BMKG: 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Java Sea Region
JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 rocked the Java Sea area at 12.34 WIB, Wednesday, September 13.The epicenter was at coordinates 5.98 south latitude and 110.03 east longitude or 97 km northwest of Jepara, Central Java with a depth of 680 km.BMKG appealed to the public to be careful of aftershocks that may occur."BMKG stated that the earthquake had no potential for a tsunami," wrote BMKG in Jakarta, Wednesday afternoon.