This is reported by the news agency Reuters.

Employees of the geological service said that a new spurt of earth tremors should be expected in the coming days at 52 km south-west of Tasikmalaya. The epicenter of the earthquake is located at a depth of 92 km in the lithosphere. According to the National Agency for Combating Natural Disasters of Indonesia, the island of Java is also approaching the tsunami from the Pacific.

The authorities of the island ask residents of the coastal areas to begin emergency evacuation.

As a result of the earthquake, three people were killed, another seven were seriously injured. Hundreds of buildings, houses, schools and municipalities in the area of ??western and central Java were destroyed.

As reported in "URA-Inform, yesterday in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta there was a major earthquake with an amplitude of six and a half points.