An earthquake sent residents fleeing in central Indonesia.
An earthquake that hit waters off Indonesia's main island of Java sent panicked residents fleeing from their homes and office buildings.
No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and hit 88 miles south of Cirebon city.
It was centered nearly 50 miles beneath the ocean floor.
El Shinta radio reported the temblor triggered widespread panic in the nearby town of Garut.
Indonesia is on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
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There have also been 3 moderate quakes on the other side of the Pacific Plate in coastal areas ranging from Chile in South America, creeping up through Mexico towards the US in the last 24hrs:
Gulf of California - Mag 5.6 @ 15.2km depth
Guerrero Mexico - Mag 5.3 @ 19.5km depth, rapidly followed by a Mag 4.6 aftershock
Offshore Valparaiso, Chile - Mag 5.3 @ 7.2km depth
What I find interesting is that the central Juan de Fuca Plate seems to be one of the few areas along the Pacific plate where there seems to be very little in the way of crustal displacement and earthquake activity, possibly suggetsing that there is a build up of pressure in the landlocked plate boundary there.