JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 shook the Melonguane region, Talaud Islands, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday 11 May, at 23.20 western Indonesia time, according to information broadcast by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
Based on the official BMKG website monitored in Jakarta, Thursday morning, the earthquake location was located at 3.71 North Latitude (LU) and 126.81 East Longitude (BT).
The epicenter of the earthquake was at sea, 36 km southeast of Melonguane, with a depth of 27 km.
Earthquake tremors were felt around the Melonguane and Naha Tahuna areas on a scale of II and 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 equipment at the scene, as quoted from the BMKG website.
On the II scale, vibrations are felt by several people, and light objects that are hung sway. While on a scale of III, the vibration is felt 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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