JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) informed that an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 rocked the Banda Aceh region, Aceh, on Thursday, May 12 in the morning, at 00:27 western Indonesia time.
Based on the official website of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), which is monitored in Jakarta, the coordinates of the earthquake are at 4.60 North Latitude (LU) and 94.84 East Longitude (BT).
The epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea 117 km southwest of Banda Aceh with a depth of 13 km.
Earthquake tremors were felt around the Banda Aceh, Aceh Besar, and Aceh Jaya areas on a scale III Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI).
The Mercalli scale is one of the units for measuring the strength of an earthquake, especially if there is no seismometer at the scene, as quoted from the BMKG website.
On a scale of III, the vibration is felt to be real in the house. There was a vibration as if a truck had passed.
No potential tsunami was reported due to the earthquake, but the BMKG appealed to the public to be alert for possible aftershocks.
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