当地媒体报导说，在该国主要岛屿爪哇，一些人死于南部爪哇地区发生的一起山体滑坡，而其他人死于房屋以及其他建筑物的倒塌。

7级地震使首都雅加达的建筑物摇晃，数千人涌上街头。

美国地质调查局表示震源在离爪哇南部海岸30英里的海底，这是继8月10日印度安达曼（Andaman）群岛地区发生的7.5级强震以来，对当地造成最严重影响的一次地震。

The number of the victims of the powerful earthquake that struck Java in the Indonesia has continued to climb. More than 30 people are now confirmed dead crushed by collapsing buildings or falling rocks. Hundreds more have been injured. The quake have magnitude 7 or more shook office towers in the capital Jakarta. From there, Chris Swani reports.

There were scenes of panic in Indonesia's capital as office workers rushed out of the towering skyscrapers after a powerful earthquake hit the island of Java. Eyewitnesses spoke have seen building swaying. Many people traumatized by what they had experienced. Jakarta is about 5 hours away from the town which is the nearest to the epicenter of the earthquake. Tasikmalaya. In the west Java is a small city in a densely populated area for the population of above million people.

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Java 爪哇[印尼]
Jakarta 雅加达[印尼]
epicenter 震心





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