Magnitude 6.6 Quake Strikes off Indonesia’s Java Island, No Tsunami Risk

A family walks through Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, on July 31, 2022. (AP)
A family walks through Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, on July 31, 2022. (AP)
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Magnitude 6.6 Quake Strikes off Indonesia’s Java Island, No Tsunami Risk

A family walks through Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, on July 31, 2022. (AP)
A family walks through Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, on July 31, 2022. (AP)

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off Indonesia's Java island on Friday but there was no risk of tsunami, the country's geophysics agency said.

The quake was strongly felt in Surabaya, Tuban, Denpasar, and Semarang, Abdul Muhari, spokesperson for Indonesia's Disaster Agency, said by phone.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) put the magnitude at 6.5 with a depth of 592 km (368 miles).

"There is no damage reported so far because the quake is very deep," Muhari said. "I don't think there will damages but we are still monitoring."

Indonesia straddles the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire", a highly active seismic zone, where different plates on the Earth's crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes.



Russia's Lavrov, US' Rubio Meet in Kuala Lumpur

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L) meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (2nd R) on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L) meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (2nd R) on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP)
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Russia's Lavrov, US' Rubio Meet in Kuala Lumpur

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L) meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (2nd R) on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L) meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (2nd R) on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, the US State Department and Russia's foreign ministry said. 

It would be the second in-person meeting between Rubio and Lavrov, and comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the war in Ukraine drags on. 

The first meeting between the top diplomats took place in Saudi Arabia in February as part of the Trump administration's effort to re-establish bilateral relations and help negotiate an end to the war. 

"I can confirm: such a meeting is being worked out," TASS state news agency cited Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Thursday. 

Trump, who returned to power this year promising a swift end to the war that began in 2022, had taken a more conciliatory tone toward Moscow in a departure from predecessor Joe Biden's staunch support for Kyiv. 

But on Tuesday, a day after Trump approved sending US defensive weapons to Ukraine, he aimed unusually direct criticism at Putin, saying the Kremlin leader's statements on moving towards peace were "meaningless". 

Trump has also said he was considering supporting a bill that would impose steep sanctions on Russia, including 500% tariffs on nations that buy Russian oil, gas, uranium and other exports. 

When asked on Wednesday about Trump's criticism of Putin, the Kremlin said Moscow was "calm" regarding the criticism and that it would continue to try to fix a "broken" US-Russia relationship. 

At a conference of Ukraine-friendly nations in Rome on Wednesday, Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in what Kyiv described as a "substantive" conversation. 

Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones early on Wednesday, the latest attack in a series of escalating air assaults in recent weeks that have involved hundreds of drones in addition to ballistic missiles, straining Ukrainian air defenses at a perilous moment in the war. 

In his first visit to Asia since taking office, Rubio is in Kuala Lumpur to meet with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and with senior Malaysian government officials. 

The trip is part of an effort to renew US focus on the Indo-Pacific and look beyond the conflicts in the Middle East and Europe that have consumed much of the Trump administration's attention, with Rubio balancing dual responsibilities as secretary of state and national security adviser.