This Is How Yogyakarta Residents Feel The Pangandaran Earthquake Today

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JAKARTA - The earthquake shaking with a magnitude of 5.9 which occurred in Pangandaran, West Java on Sunday, October 25, was felt in a number of areas as far as DI Yogyakarta.

"Shocks are felt on a II-III MMI scale where vibrations are felt real in the house, a vibration is felt as if a truck is passing by," said Head of the Earthquake and Tsunami Center of BMKG Rahmat Triyono in a statement received in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Sunday, October 25.

Apart from Yogyakarta, vibrations were also felt in the districts of Bandung, Kebumen, Kutoarjo, Banyumas, Banjarnegara, Kulonprogo, Bantul and Gunung Kidul on the same scale.

Earthquake shocks, whose magnitude was updated to 5.5, were quite strong in Sukabumi, Tasikmalaya and Pangandaran on a MMI III-IV scale, that is, when the vibration is felt by many people in the house during the day.

As well as on the MMI III scale where the vibration is felt real in the house, the vibration is felt as if a truck has passed in Kuningan, Garut and Cilacap. However, it is felt weak in the cities of Bandung and Tegal, namely on the MMI II scale where vibrations are felt by several people, light objects that are hanging sway.

Until now, there has been no report on the impact of the damage caused by the earthquake. The modeling results show that the earthquake has no potential for a tsunami.

The updated earthquake parameters show that the epicenter of the earthquake is located at coordinates 8.2 South Latitude and 107.86 East Longitude, or to be precise located at sea at a distance of 88 km southwest of Pangandaran City, West Java at a depth of 62 km.

By paying attention to the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake that occurred was a medium earthquake due to subduction activity. The result of the analysis of the source mechanism shows that the earthquake has a thrust fault mechanism.

Previously it was reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 occurred in the Java Sea to be precise 90 kilometers southwest of Pangandaran Regency, West Java on Sunday (25/10), at 07.56.45 WIB with the epicenter of the earthquake located at 8.22 South Latitude, 107.87 East Longitude at a depth of 10 km .