North Halmahera Shocked By Two Earthquakes In An Hour

JAKARTA - North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku Province was rocked by two earthquakes with a magnitude above 5.0 in an hour on Monday, January 10, morning.

Citing Antara, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded that the first earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 shook the North Halmahera region at 04.27 western Indonesia time with the location of the earthquake located about 4 kilometers (km) Northwest.

The coordinates of the earthquake are 1.52 north latitude -127.86 east longitude. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the middle of the sea at a depth of 10 kilometers.

Then, a second earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 shook the North Halmahera region at 04.59 western Indonesia time with the location of the earthquake being about 5 kilometers (km) southwest.

The coordinates of the earthquake were at 1.49 north latitude -127.85 east longitude. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the middle of the sea at a depth of 10 kilometers.

The BMKG noted that the 5.2 and 5.5 magnitude earthquakes did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.

According to BMKG records, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 occurred in the same location on Saturday (8/1) at 16:53 western Indonesia time.

Previously, on Monday, January 3, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 also shook the same area at 05:44 western Indonesia time.