A magnitude-7 earthquake struck near Java in Indonesia at 2:55 p.m., sparking panic in Jakarta about 200 kilometers (120 miles) away. At least 10 people were killed in a landslide in Cianjur in the western part of the island, the National Disaster Management Agency said on its Web site.
The quake hit at a depth of 50 kilometers off the south coast of Java, Indonesia’s most populous island, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. It’s the strongest since a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in India’s Andaman Islands on Aug. 10, according to USGS.
The quake struck close to the epicenter of a 7.7-magnitude temblor that hit in July 2006, leaving 730 people dead and generating a tsunami, according to the USGS.
