4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Occurred In Lampung And Central Sulawesi

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JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 occurred in two areas, namely Tanggamus Regency, Lampung, Thursday, at 05.11 western Indonesia time and Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi on Wednesday, June 30 at 21.50 western Indonesia time.

Reported by Antara, Based on information from the official website of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), www.bmkg.go.id, Thursday, the earthquake in Tanggamus occurred at a depth of 5 kilometers, while in Morowali, the earthquake occurred on land at a depth of 10 kilometers.

The epicenter of the earthquake in Tanggamus was at coordinates 5.56 South Latitude (LS) and 104.62 East Longitude (BT) or was at sea 11 km southwest of Tanggamus.

While the epicenter in Morowali was at coordinates 2.66 South Latitude and 121.89 East Longitude or on land 16 km southwest of Morowali.

The earthquake was felt at Ransiki on a scale of II-III Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) with an explanation of the vibration felt by several people, light objects that were hung swaying.

Areas that felt the earthquake included Kota Agung (Tanggamus), then Bahodopi and Bungku Tengah in Morowali.

So far, it is not known whether or not there will be any damage caused by the earthquake.