Jakarta, Sep 2 (DPA) At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday when a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's Java Island, officials said.

The quake was felt strongly in the capital Jakarta, shaking buildings and sending residents running out of their homes and high-rise office towers in panic.

A tsunami alert was cancelled about 45 minutes later after no giant waves materialised.

'Four people were killed in Tasikmalaya, 10 in Cianjur and one in Sukabumi,' said Priyadi Kardono, a spokesman for the National Agency for Disaster Management, referring to the worst-hit districts in West Java province.

'We expect the death toll will rise because we have not received information from other areas,' he said.

He said dozens were injured and many houses and buildings damaged in those areas.