Thursday Night, Earthquake M 5.2 Guncang Tanimbar Maluku

Earthquake Illustration (ANTARA)

TANIMBAR - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 rocked the Tanimbar area, Maluku, on Thursday, February 13 at around 22.08 WIB.

According to data from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), this earthquake was located at 6,44 South Latitude, 130.30 East Longitude, or to be precise 203 kilometers northwest of Tanimbar, with a depth of 173 kilometers.

BMKG informed that the earthquake did not cause a tsunami, but still appealed to the public to always be vigilant.

The public can access the latest information about weather conditions, and early warning of disasters by accessing the online application infoBMKG, social media infoBMKG, or can directly contact the nearest BMKG office.

Previously, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) revealed that the budget related to early warnings of weather, climate, earthquakes and tsunamis experienced a significant increase after the budget reconstruction.

Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati in a meeting with Commission V DPR RI in Jakarta, Thursday, (13/2) said that initially the early warning budget in the midst of the budget efficiency policy was valued at Rp5,642,000,000, then increased to Rp191,629,705,175 after the budget reconstruction.

"For early warning, the earthquake from Rp. 8.4 billion in the morning before reconstruction, jumped to Rp. 28,572 billion," he said.

What has also increased significantly, he said, is for public services, namely providing information and early warning of weather, climate, earthquakes, and tsunamis throughout Indonesia through UPT-UPT in the 190 BMKG UPTs throughout Indonesia.

"The original budget was IDR 5,642,000,000, this shot up to IDR 191 billion," he said.