5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Rocked Ternate, BMKG: No Tsunami Potential

JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 rocked the Ternate area, North Maluku on Saturday night, March 20. There have been no reports of the impact of the earthquake which occurred at a depth of 11 kilometers.

According to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on its official website, Antara reported that the earthquake was centered about 55 kilometers northwest of the capital city of North Maluku Province. The earthquake had no potential for a tsunami.

BMKG said the earthquake that occurred at 22:02:31 WIB was at the coordinates of 1.02 North Latitude-126.93 East Longitude, and the tremor was felt by MMI III in Ternate.

About seven hours earlier, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 had rocked the West Southeast Maluku Regency.

The earthquake which occurred at 15:26:02 WIB was centered about 240 kilometers northwest of West Southeast Maluku at a depth of 16 kilometers.