Maluku Tanimbar Islands Earthquake 6.1 Magnitude

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) announced that an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 occurred in the Tanimbar Islands, Maluku.

According to BMKG information, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 123 km, at coordinates 6.93 latitude-130.63 east longitude.

The epicenter of the earthquake was at sea, 123 km west of Larat Island, Tanimbar Islands Regency.

Quoted by Antara, Wednesday, November 3, the earthquake could be felt on a scale III Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) in Saumlaki and a scale II-III MMI in Tual.

The MMI II scale is the vibration felt by some people, light objects that are hung swaying. MMI scale III Vibration felt real in the house. There was a vibration as if a truck had passed.