The Telegraph UK
April 4, 2011
Hundreds of Indonesians fled to higher ground on Monday morning when an earthquake struck south of Java, triggering a tsunami alert.
Indonesia’s earthquake agency later lifted the warning after the 7.1 magnitude quake struck off Cilacap on the south coast of Java island.
“This quake roused people from their sleep,” he said. “We have not received any reports of damage or casualties so far.”
The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre had said that there was no risk of a widespread destructive wave, but there was a “very small possibility of a local tsunami”.
The earthquake epicentre was 150 miles from the remote Australian territory of Christmas Island, and seismologists said the tremor was felt there, but no tsunami warning alert was issued for Australia.
“We had reports from there that they felt it,” Geoscience Australia seismologist David Jepson said, adding that it was described as a “moderate type quake”.
Geoscience Australia put the quake at 6.7 magnitude