The quake was highly felt for a few seconds. Even the wall of my house shook.
Bengkulu – A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Bengkulu province on Saturday evening, forcing some residents outdoors.
” The quake was strongly felt for a few seconds. Even the wall of my home shook,” Adrian M Yusuf, a local resident, said.
The quake, which struck at 5.22 p.m. local time, was felt throughout Bengkulu City and Bengkulu district and several parts of the nearby provinces of South Sumatra and Lampung.
There was no instant report of casualties or material damage.
Chief of Kepahiang Geophysics Station, Litman, stated the tremor was a shallow quake caused by subduction activity of the Indo-Australia plate.
The center of the quake was located in the sea, 37 kilometers southwest of Seluma, Bengkulu, at a depth of 51 kilometers.
Nevertheless, no tsunami warning was released.
Since 6.30 p.m., the Meteorology, Meteorology Geophysics Firm (BMKG) reported no signs of aftershocks.
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