Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 hits off Indonesia's Java island: USGS

The epicentre of the quake, which struck around 11:49 pm (1649 GMT), was around 156 kilometres east of Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's main island of Java late Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of damages.

A working seismograph is shown in a display about earthquakes. (Reuters)

The epicentre of the quake, which struck around 11:49 pm (1649 GMT), was around 156 kilometres east of Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, at a depth of 13.9 kilometres, the USGS said.