53 Earthquakes Occurred In North Sulawesi In 7 Days, Generally Shallow Deep

Illustration of earthquakes. (Pixabay)

MANADO - Coordinator for Data and Information at the BMKG Geophysics Station of Manado, Muhammad Zulkifli, said that most of the tectonic earthquakes that rocked North Sulawesi (North Sulawesi) were shallow.

"Tectonic earthquake recorded in the period 1-7 September 2023 was 53.49 percent shallow," said Zulkifli in Manado, North Sulawesi, Thursday, September 14, which was confiscated by Antara.

A shallow earthquake occurred between 1-60 kilometers.

The rest, he continued, was 44.19 percent of earthquakes occurred at a medium depth, between 61-300 kilometers and 2.33 kilometers deep (more than 300 kilometers.

Zulkifli said that during this period the Manado Geophysics Station recorded 43 tectonic earthquakes that rocked the North Sulawesi region and its surroundings.

Most (65.12 percent) had a magnitude of between three and 4.9, while the remaining 34.88 percent had a magnitude of less than three.

"No earthquake has been felt by the community," he said.

Based on a seismicity map or an epicenter map, most of the earthquake occurred in the Tomini Bay and Maluku Sea areas.

In the previous week, Geophysics Station recorded 44 earthquakes.

There were three earthquakes felt by people such as in Berau felt in Berau (II MMI), in Gorontalo it was felt in Pohuwato, Gorontalo Regency, North Gorontalo, and Boalemo Regency (III MMI) and the earthquake in Talaud was felt in Talaud (III MMI).