Magnitude 3 Earthquake Occurs In Banda Sea

JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 3 occurred in the Banda Sea, Maluku Islands, on the evening of Wednesday 20 April.

Based on the official website of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) it was stated that the earthquake occurred at around 22.55 western Indonesia time.

The epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea 34 km west of Banda with a depth of 10 km.

The coordinates of the earthquake were at 4.63 South Latitude (LS) and 129.61 East Longitude (BT). The earthquake was felt on the MMI II-III scale in Banda.

The MMI II scale is the vibration felt by some people, light objects that are hung swaying.

So far, there have been no reports of damage from the earthquake.