BNPB: Earthquake M 6.4 Yogyakarta Damaged Houses To Public Facilities In Gunungkidul

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported an earthquake measuring magnitude (M) 6.4 in the Indian Ocean causing damage to a number of residents' houses and public facilities in Gunungkidul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY).

"A number of houses were damaged on the roof. So far, there have been no reports of casualties due to the earthquake that occurred last night (30/6), at 19.57 WIB," said Acting Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center Abdul Muhari, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, June 30.

Abdul reported temporary data, the light damage to residents' houses in this district amounted to 8 units, while 1 unit of education facilities.

Developments until 20.50 WIB, the Operations Control Center of the DIY Regional Disaster Management Agency recorded the impact in their area, including 15 damaged houses, 1 government facility, 1 health facility and 2 education. These impacts are spread in Gunungkidul, Bantul and Kulon Progo Regencies.

Meanwhile, based on information from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), aftershocks as of 20.40 were recorded 5 times with the largest magnitude M 4.5.

Abdul said that based on the analysis of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake that occurred was an intermediate type of earthquake.

This was triggered by the subduction earthquake activity of Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates. The results of the analysis of the source mechanism, earthquakes have a thrust fault mechanism.