Bogor, W Java – Several earthquakes measuring over 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted a number of areas in Indonesia on early Monday early morning, though no immediate reports were received afterwards of any damage and casualties.
The Jakarta-based Meteorology, Meteorology, and Geophysics Firm (BMKG) reported that the first 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Yogyakarta at 2: 50 a.m. regional time.
The 2nd earthquake, of magnitude 5.5, shook southwest of Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh Province, at about 7: 58 a.m. local time, while the 3rd quake jolted northwest of Maluku Tenggara Barat District in Maluku Province at around 9: 08 a.m. local time.
The agency exposed that the earthquake striking Yogyakarta was focused some 105 kilometers away from southwest of Bantul District, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The tremors of this quake, activating no tsunami, could not just be felt by the citizens of Bantul District however also those residing in areas, such as Purworejo and Wonogiri in Central Java, and Pacitan in East Java, according to the company.
In the meantime, the centers of 2 other earthquakes were located at 121 kilometers far from Banda Aceh, at a depth of 10 kilometers, and at 151 kilometers far from the Maluku Tenggara Barat District, at a depth of 114 kilometers, the BMKG exposed.
Located on the Circum-Pacific Belt, likewise called the Ring of Fire, the meeting points of a number of tectonic plates where regular volcanic and seismic activities happen, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters, including earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Indonesia’s earthquake zones spread out from the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Flores, and Alor to the Banda Sea in addition to the islands of Seram, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua.
In 2018, the BMKG tape-recorded that Indonesia had actually borne the effect of 11,577 earthquakes, including numerous ones triggering significant casualties, with the figure especially increasing from that in 2017.
The BMKG data indicated that 11,577 earthquakes, with varying magnitudes and depths, hit in 2018, while simply 7,172 earthquakes were taped in 2017.
Thus, it suggests that Indonesia had actually borne witness to a substantial rise in the variety of tectonic earthquakes in 2018.
Numerous earthquake-related events that strike Indonesia in 2018, consisting of the liquefaction in Palu, a tsunami that struck prior to the issuance of a tsunami warning in Palu, and the Sunda Strait Tsunami, had actually happened for the very first time.
In 2004, Indonesia had likewise borne the impact of a significant catastrophe that claimed hundred thousand lives in Banda Aceh and affected several other parts of Aceh Province after the areas were rattled by a fatal tsunami following a powerful earthquake.
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