YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia—A strong earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, damaging several buildings and prompting panic. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 5.8 quake was centered 84 kilometers (52 miles) southwest of Bambanglipuro, a village in Bantul regency of Yogyakarta Province, at a depth of 86 kilometers (53 miles).
Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency said the undersea earthquake damaged at least 15 houses, two schools, a health facility, and a government office.
Television reports showed local residents in the special Province of Yogyakarta and its neighboring Provinces of Central Java and East Java panicking as houses and buildings swayed for several seconds. Some places ordered evacuations, sending streams of people into the streets….