A mosque damaged by the earthquake in the village of Cisaat, West Java, on Wednesday.
People were evacuated from their workplaces in Jakarta on Wednesday after a powerful earthquake struck the southern coast of Java, rocking buildings 120 miles away in the capital.
Map locates a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Indonesia
Workers are evacuated outside their office buildings following an earthquake in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. A powerful underwater earthquake shook southern Indonesia Wednesday causing panicked office workers to run onto the streets in the capital witnesses and local media said.
A building is seen damaged by earthquake in the town of Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. The powerful earthquake rattled a large swath of southern Indonesia on Wednesday, causing extensive damage to houses and buildings.
Relatives carry a victim of the earthquake at a hospital in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. The powerful earthquake rattled a large swath of southern Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people, injuring dozens and causing extensive damage to houses and buildings.
Deustche Bank employees exit their building in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday after a major 7.0 earthquake.
Fourteen people were killed in Indonesia after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday, officials said.
The quake was initially categorized as magnitude 7.4 before being downgraded to 7.0 by geological officials.
Social Affairs Ministry official Mardi says more than 700 houses and buildings have been badly damaged in Wednesday's 7.0 magnitude quake.
Scores of people have been injured.
Many of the victims died when their homes were buried in a landslide triggered by the temblor.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck at 2:55 p.m. (0755 GMT) off the southern coast of the main island of Java. A tsunami alert was issued but revoked less than an hour later.
A tsunami warning was issued after the quake struck at 2:55 p.m. (0755 GMT, 3:55 a.m. EDT), but revoked an hour later.
Disaster Management Agency spokesman Priyadi Kardono reported 15 deaths in the districts of Cianjur, Tasikmalaya and Sukabumi in West Java.
Antara reported that 12 families, or about 30 people, were trapped in houses buried by a landslide in Rawa Hideung village. Six bodies had been recovered and the fate of many others was unknown, a resident, Agus Sobandi, was quoted as saying.
"Most of them are housewives and children who were playing Play Station in a buried house," Entang Kurniawan, another resident, told broadcaster TVOne.
Hospitals quickly filled with scores of injured people after the magnitude 7.0 quake struck off the southern coast of the main island of Java, where most of Indonesia's 235 million people live. The death toll was expected to rise.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake was powerful enough to cause a local tsunami, but there were no immediate reports of high waves. "Sea level readings indicate a significant tsunami was not generated," the center later said in a statement retracting the alert.
Indonesia, a vast archipelago, straddles continental plates and is prone to seismic activity along what is known as the Pacific Ring of Fire. A huge quake off western Indonesia caused a powerful tsunami in December 2004 that killed around 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
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