6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes West Halmahera, Feels To Manado

JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 rocked West Halmahera on Wednesday, November 22.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) via Twitter reported that the West Halmahera earthquake occurred at 09.48 WIB.

The epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea 68 km northwest of West Halmahera.

The location of the earthquake was at coordinates 1.77 degrees North Latitude and 124.14 degrees East Longitude with a depth of 109 kilometers.

Gempa dirasakan di Manado, Ternate, Siau, Bitung, dan Halmahera Barat. Tidak ada peringatan akan ancaman tsunami yang diluarkan BMKG akibat gempa ini.

Less than 15 minutes later the aftershock occurred with a magnitude of 3.1. The aftershock occurred at 10.02 WIB with a depth of 104 Kilometers.