Thursday, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Java, the largest island in Indonesia, with no early indications of damage, less than a month after another earthquake in the same area killed more than 300 people.

The earthquake occurred at 7:50 a.m. local time (0:50 GMT) approximately 15 kilometers from Cianjur, the epicenter of November's deadly earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey.

It was stated that there was a low possibility of injuries or damage as a result of the 123-kilometer-deep earthquake (76 miles).

Thursday, officials from the local disaster mitigation agency indicated that neither Cianjur nor Sukabumi, the city closest to the epicenter, had sustained any immediate damage.

According to local television, Sukabumi schools were evacuated temporarily.

"The earthquake's epicenter is in Sukabumi, thus it was barely felt in Cianjur. Wawan Setawan, a disaster agency officer in Cianjur, told AFP there were no reports of home damage or injuries.

Imran Wardhani, an official in Sukabumi, stated shortly after the quake, "We have not yet received reports of earthquake-related damage."

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Cianjur last month, causing landslides and building collapses, killing at least 334 people, wounding hundreds, and rendering tens of thousands more homeless.

Save the Children warned this week that terrible living circumstances pose a "ticking time bomb" of sickness and infection for evacuees. There have been reports of thousands of instances of respiratory illnesses and hundreds of cases of diarrhea.

Thursday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit the damaged area to distribute relief to local inhabitants.

The earthquake that struck Cinajur on November 21 was the deadliest in the archipelago nation since an earthquake and subsequent tsunami on the island of Sulawesi in 2018 killed more than 4,000 people.

Due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where tectonic plates intersect, Indonesia frequently suffers seismic and volcanic activity.