JAKARTA (Antara): An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Banten province at 6.37 a.m. on Thursday, causing residents on alert for possible tsunami.
But there was no such an extraordinary seawave following the tremor, whose epicenter is located at 6.98 degrees south latitude and 104.93 degree east longitude about 65 kilometers southwest of Ujung Kulong at the depth of 30 kilometers under the sea level.
Koko, an officer with the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG), said that there was no immediate report of damage or casualties.
"We have also contacted relevant officials in a number of cities around the epicenter such as south Banten and Lampung but they did not even feel the tremors," he was quoted by Antara news agency as saying.
After the quake, people living on the Banten coastal areas of Ujung Kulon, Labuan and Carita, however, were on the alert for possible tsunami.
An official at the Ujung Kulon National Park, Endjat Sudrajat, said just after the tremor he and his colleagues were preparing for possible tsunami. "We were observing the sea waters to see signs of possible tsunami," Endjat said.
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