A powerful earthquake struck a coastal area in Indonesia's West Java this evening, sparking panic in many parts of the densely inhabited island.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and the quake was too deep to prompt a tsunami warning, said Robert Cessaro at the United States National Weather Service's Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.
An official at Indonesia's Meteorological agency said that the quake struck an area on the northern coast of West Java.
"There has been no damage or casualties reported so far," the official said, adding that the quake could be felt as far away as Padang in Sumatra and the resort island of Bali.
The quake with a magnitude of 7.4, according to the US Geological Survey, struck just after midnight and could be felt by residents in the capital Jakarta, as well as in the nearby city of Bandung and in the town Yogyakarta in central Java.
The ancient royal city of Yogykarta was devastated by an earthquake that killed more than 5,700 people just over a year ago.
The US agency said the epicentre was 68.4 miles from Jakarta at a depth of 175 miles.
Indonesia suffers frequent earthquakes, lying on an active seismic belt on part of the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire".