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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)
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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.

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Report: France, Germany, UK Willing to Reinstate Sanctions on Iran 

A woman walks next to Iranian national flags in a street in Tehran, Iran, 10 August 2025. (EPA)
A woman walks next to Iranian national flags in a street in Tehran, Iran, 10 August 2025. (EPA)
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Report: France, Germany, UK Willing to Reinstate Sanctions on Iran 

A woman walks next to Iranian national flags in a street in Tehran, Iran, 10 August 2025. (EPA)
A woman walks next to Iranian national flags in a street in Tehran, Iran, 10 August 2025. (EPA)

France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have told the United Nations they are ready to reinstate sanctions on Iran if it does not return to negotiations with the international community over its nuclear program, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

The foreign ministers of the so-called E3 group wrote to the UN on Tuesday to raise the specter of "snapback" sanctions unless Iran takes action, the report added citing a letter seen by the newspaper.

"We have made it clear that if Iran is not willing to reach a diplomatic solution before the end of August 2025, or does not seize the opportunity of an extension, E3 are prepared to trigger the snapback mechanism," the ministers said in the letter, according to the report.

The E3's warning comes after "serious, frank and detailed" talks with Iran in Istanbul last month, the first face-to-face meeting since Israeli and US strikes on the country's nuclear sites.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The UK, France and Germany governments did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.