A 5.8-magnitude quake struck Indonesia on Thursday, with no damage immediately reported by authorities, less than a month after an earthquake in the same region of West Java killed more than 300 people.
The tremor was felt at 7:50 a.m. local time (0050 GMT) about 15 kilometers from the town of Cianjur, the epicenter of the quake that caused extensive damage last month, according to the United States Institute of Geophysics (USGS).
The earthquake was detected at a greater depth of 123 kilometers on Thursday, which limits the risks.
No damage was reported soon after the quake in Cianjur, or Sukabumi, the epicenter of the new quake, according to the disaster management agency.
But schools have been temporarily evacuated in Sukabumi, according to local television.
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“
The earthquake's epicenter was in Sukabumi, so it was felt slightly in Cianjur.
There are no reports of damage to houses or casualties
,” Wawan Setawan, an agency official in Cianjur, told AFP.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Cianjur on November 21, killing at least 334 people, injuring thousands and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate.
Save the Children warned this week that evacuees, often housed in tents, were at risk of disease outbreaks and infections due to harsh living conditions, especially during this rainy season.
Thousands of cases of respiratory infections have been reported, as well as hundreds of cases of diarrhoea.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo went there again on Thursday to distribute aid and meet the victims.
This earthquake is the deadliest in Indonesia since 2018, when the region of Palu (Island of Celebes) was hit by an earthquake and a tsunami which killed more than 4,000 people.
Located on the Pacific "
ring of fire
" where tectonic plates meet, Indonesia is regularly confronted with earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.