Manokwari Vibrates, An Earthquake Of Magnitude 4.4 Occurs Saturday Night

JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 struck Manokwari, West Papua, Saturday, August 7, at around 20.40 WIB, with the epicenter of the earthquake at sea.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported through the www.bmkg.go.id page that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 18 km.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located at coordinates 0.64 South Latitude - 133.64 East Longitude or 41 km northwest of the Narfak Mountains, West Papua.

The earthquake was felt in Manokwari with a scale of II-III Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI).

The MMI II scale is a vibration felt by several people and light objects that are hung sway.

The MMI III scale is the real vibration felt in the house. There was a vibration as if a truck had passed.

This is information about the earthquake that occurred in Manokwari from the BMKG as reported by Antara.