Major earthquake strikes off the coast of the South Indonesia - SouthCoastToday.com

JAKARTA, Indonesia, A large earthquake struck off the coast of the main island of Java in the Indonesia Monday which prompted the authorities to briefly issue a tsunami warning and sending thousands of residents fleeing their homes in panic.There was no report of injuries or damage caused by the earthquake of magnitude 6.7, which struck shortly after 3 hours Monday.The U.S. Geological Survey, said the temblor was centered on nearly 200 miles off the coast of the South Java, 15 kilometers below the ocean floor.Thousands of people in the city of Cilacap poured into the streets and ran at heights, many gathering in mosques, witnesses said on radio El Shinta. Eighty ten minutes later, when the threat of a tsunami passedthey were told to go home.Indonesia, more great archipelago in the world, is prone to seismic upheavals because of its location on the so-called "Ring of Fire", an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.A 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 26 December 2004has killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen Nations, almost three-quarters of them in Indonesia West.
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