North North Padanglawasutara Hit By 5.3 M Earthquake, No Tsunami Potential

JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude (M) of 5.3 struck the Padanglawasutara area, North Sumatra, Wednesday, August 11 at noon at 12.19 WIB, with the epicenter under the sea.

According to information from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) received in Jakarta, the epicenter of the earthquake was located at coordinates 1.43 North Latitude and - 99.48 East Longitude as far as 20 kilometers southwest of Padanglawasutara, North Sumatra with a depth of 10 kilometers. that the earthquake that has occurred does not have the potential to cause a tsunami.

However, all residents are advised to be careful of possible aftershocks. This was reported by Antara.