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A 5.9 quake shakes southern island of Java in Indonesia

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocked southern island of Java in Indonesia, but the authorities declare a tsunami or casualties have been reported.

The hypocenter of the earthquake was located at sea 95 kilometers deep, off the southern coast of Java, according to the US Geological Survey, which tracks seismic activity worldwide.

Three days ago, an earthquake of 6.1 degrees shook the island of Sumatra in the west of the Indonesian archipelago, also without victims.



Indonesia sits on the "Pacific Ring of Fire", a zone of high seismic and volcanic activity is shaken a year for about 7,000 tremors, most moderate. EFE

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