However, the US Geological Survey said a magnitude-6.7 quake struck at a depth of 24km, 277 kilometres south of Tasikmalaya in West Java and 241km east-north-east of Christmas Island.

INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES have raised the alert status of the Anak Krakatau volcano to “red” and diverted all flights around the erupting mountain, which triggered the deadly tsunami last Saturday.

Indonesia's rigid bureaucracy meant that a warning failed to arrive on time ahead of the July 17 tsunami that killed more than 600 people on the southern coast of Java, a minister told Reuters.

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