<p>A tsunami alert was issued, but revoked less than an hour later.<br /><br />The quake struck at 2:55 pm (local time) on the southern coast of the main island of Java with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0. It had a depth of around 50 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.<br /><br />The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it was powerful enough to cause a local tsunami, but there were no immediate reports of high waves. Less than an hour later it said in a statement that "sea level readings indicate a significant tsunami was not generated" and retracted the alert.<br /><br />Buildings in Tasikmalaya, one of the towns closest to the epicentre, were damaged, the Detik.com news portal reported.<br /><br />There were no immediate reports of injuries.<br /><br />In the town of Bandung, about 100 kilometres from the epicentre, students fled outdoors when their classrooms began shaking violently, student Leslie Lai told The Associated Press.<br /><br />The shaking was also strong around 200 kilometres north of the epicentre in the capital, Jakarta, where panicked office workers ran onto the streets.</p>
<p>A tsunami alert was issued, but revoked less than an hour later.<br /><br />The quake struck at 2:55 pm (local time) on the southern coast of the main island of Java with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0. It had a depth of around 50 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.<br /><br />The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it was powerful enough to cause a local tsunami, but there were no immediate reports of high waves. Less than an hour later it said in a statement that "sea level readings indicate a significant tsunami was not generated" and retracted the alert.<br /><br />Buildings in Tasikmalaya, one of the towns closest to the epicentre, were damaged, the Detik.com news portal reported.<br /><br />There were no immediate reports of injuries.<br /><br />In the town of Bandung, about 100 kilometres from the epicentre, students fled outdoors when their classrooms began shaking violently, student Leslie Lai told The Associated Press.<br /><br />The shaking was also strong around 200 kilometres north of the epicentre in the capital, Jakarta, where panicked office workers ran onto the streets.</p>