1st LD: Powerful shallow quake strikes off West Java, Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

A shallow undersea quake with magnitude of 6.1 jolted western parts of Java Island of Indonesia on Wednesday evening, but it was not potential for tsunami, an official of the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The quake hit at 21: 45 p.m Jakarta time (1445 GMT) with epicenter at 101 km southwest Garut of West Java province and with the depth at 10 km under sea bed, the official told Xinhua by phone.

The intensity of the quake was felt 4 MMI (Modified Mercally Intensity) at Pangandaran town of the province, he said.

Indonesia is prone to quake as it lies on a vulnerable quakehit zone so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire." Endit