Earthquake in Kebumen Today Felt along Southern Coasts

An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted the southern part of Central Java, to be exact 104 kilometer of southwest of Kebumen, Central Java, or 147 kilometer southwest of Yogyakarta, earlier today at 12:14 Western Indonesian Time. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency’s (BNPB) spokesman, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said the quake’s epicenter was inside the Eurasian plate outside subduction zone of Indo Australia-Eurasia plates. “The quake’s epicenter struck Indian Ocean at a depth of 47 kilometers. No potential for tsunami,” he told Tempo.