Jakarta, Sep 2 (DPA) Indonesia briefly issued a tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake Wednesday afternoon rocked Java Island, including the capital Jakarta, triggering panic among residents.

The tsunami alert was cancelled about 45 minutes later, after there were no tidal waves, seismologists said.

The quake struck at 2.55 p.m. (0755 GMT) with its epicentre in the Indian Ocean, about 142 km south-west of Tasikmalaya district in West Java, about 30 km beneath the seabed.

The US Geological Survey put the quake at 7.4 on the Richter scale.

It shook buildings in Jakarta, sending residents running out of their homes and high-rise buildings in panic.