A magnitude 7.0 earthquake caused dozens of buildings to collapse in the city of Tasikmalaya, in Java, Indonesia, and injuring a number of people, according to one report.
The quake, which occured at at 2:55 p.m, also damaged buildings in the university city of Bandung near the epicentre, but there were no reports of any deaths.
In the capital Jakarta hundreds of people streamed from offices into the streets, according to agency reports.
The US Geological Survey lowered its magnitude reading from 7.4 to 7.0 and local tsunami warnings were withdrawn.
Source: BBC and Bloomberg.com
the Earthquake in Indonesia is really bad. i have some friends who live in Indonesia and they were injured because of the earthquake.
i have several relatives who were also vicitimized by the earthquake in Haiti. thank God that they were not seriously hurt. i hope and pray that Haiti would be able to recover soon from this disaster.