7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Larantuka City, AirNav Indonesia Ensures Normal Flight Operations

JAKARTA - AirNav Indonesia ensures that until now the operation of flight navigation services in locations close to the earthquake in the Flores Sea, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is still running normally.

"The results of coordination and temporary inspections at these locations state that the conditions of personnel, buildings and equipment are safe," said AirNav Indonesia's Public Relations Manager, Yohanes Harry Douglas Sirait in a statement monitored in Jakarta, Antara, Tuesday, December 14.

Yohanes said that AirNav Indonesia had collected operational information and data at all work locations that were allegedly affected by the earthquake, including the Ende Sub-Branch, Maumere Unit, Larantuka Unit, Lewoleba Unit, and Alor Unit.

In the future, AirNav Indonesia will continue to coordinate with aviation stakeholders regarding updates to conditions on the ground. As is known, today at around 10:20 am WIB, the Flores Sea area was rocked by a tectonic earthquake.

The results of the BMKG analysis show that the earthquake has an updated parameter with a magnitude of 7.4. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at coordinates 7.59 South Latitude and 122.24 East Longitude, or precisely located at sea at a distance of 112 km northwest of Larantuka City, NTT at a depth of 10 km.

This earthquake was felt in the areas of Ruteng, Labuan Bajo, Larantuka, Maumere, Adonara and Lembata III – IV MMI, Tambolaka, Waikabubak, Waingapu III MMI.

According to the BMKG, the modeling results show that this earthquake has the potential for a tsunami, with a threat level of alert in Northern East Flores, Sikka Island, northern Sikka and Lembata Island.