Tsunami after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6, 7, which occurred on Monday in the south of Java, will not threaten the shores of Indonesia, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said on Monday.
According to the US Geological Survey, the epicenter of the earthquake was 412 kilometers from the Indonesian capital Jakarta. The focus of tremors lay at a depth of 24 kilometers.
Indonesian seismologists revised the earthquake magnitude to 7, 1.
No data on casualties and damage has been reported yet.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has withdrawn a warning about the threat of natural disasters for other territories of the Indian Ocean.
In 2004, one of the strongest and most destructive earthquakes in modern history occurred off the eastern coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on December 26. The tidal wave caused by this earthquake of magnitude 8, 9 hit the coast of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia. The total number of victims in the countries affected by the tsunami is still not known exactly, however, according to various sources, about 230 thousand people died.