JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rocked the waters near West Halmahera, North Maluku, on Monday 9 May morning.
Citing reports on the BMKG earthquake website, the earthquake was centered approximately 72 km northwest of West Halmahera, precisely at coordinates 1.83 north latitude (LU) and 127.15 east longitude (BT) at 04.51 western Indonesia time.
The BMKG stated that the earthquake that occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers did not have the potential to cause a tsunami, but warned that it might be followed by aftershocks.
Based on the shock map issued by the BMKG, the earthquake was felt with a Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MMI) level III or weak in Ternate, scale III in Morotai, III-IV (mild) in Galela, II-III (weak) in Kao, and IV (light) in Ibu.
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