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BMKG highlighted the region's history of frequent earthquakes dating back to 1844 in areas like Garut, Cianjur, Tasikmalaya, Pangandaran, and Sukabumi
The Garut Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) states that the total losses from the 6.2 magnitude earthquake reached Rp12.6 billion.
The BPBD is still updating data on settlements affected by the 6.2-magnitude Garut earthquake that struck at 23:29 WIB Saturday night, April 27.
The earthquake that occurred on Saturday night also damaged public facilities.
An undersea quake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday night, without triggering giant waves, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.