Recent Observations Of The Palu Koro Fault, BMKG: Still In Normal Condition

Head of the BMKG Data and Information Section for Palu Geophysics Station Hendrik Leopatty. (ANTARA/Kristina Natalia)

PALU - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that the Palu Koro Fault which stretches from Palu Bay to the southeast is still in normal condition. This is based on the latest observations from BMKG.

"The Palu Koro Fault is still in normal condition," said Head of the Data and Information Section of the BMKG Geophysics Station Palu Hendrik Leopatty in Palu City, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, June 8.

"The activity of the Palu Koro fault triggered a shallow earthquake in Palu City," he continued.

Hendrik said the energy released by the Palu Koro Fault had a magnitude below 3 and was still considered relatively safe.

"Earthquakes that release great energy are also unpredictable (when they occur)," he said.

He explained, the Palu Koro Fault once released energy with great power in 2018 and the repetition of the release of energy with great power may occur in the next tens of years or even hundreds of years.

"We've been through an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 and this repetition takes not a year or two," he said.

He also explained that so far BMKG has used historical earthquake data to map the presence of faults whose activities can trigger earthquakes.

"If we use historical data, for example the area has not been mapped and then from the earthquake data it can be concluded that there are new faults such as those found in Sumatra and Ambon, faults that may have existed for a long time but have only been active," he said. .