Ternate Was Rocked Twice By An Earthquake Measuring M 5 This Morning, BMKG Makes Sure It Doesn't Trigger A Tsunami

Earthquake illustration. (Pixabay)

TERNATE - An earthquake with a magnitude (M) 5 rocked the Ternate region, North Maluku, on Friday 4 November morning.

Citing the official website of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the earthquake occurred at around 04.29 WIB.

The epicenter of the earthquake was at sea 79 km southwest of Ternate at coordinates 0.58 North Latitude-126.68 East Longitude.

With a depth of 35 kilometers, the BMKG confirmed that the Ternate earthquake did not have the potential for a tsunami.

Earthquake vibrations were felt to the surrounding area, namely Ternate with a scale of II-III measured by the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale.

On the same day, at around 01.46 WIB, an earthquake measuring M 5.5 shook the Saumlaki area, West Southeast Maluku, Maluku Province.

The epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea 158 km northwest of West Southeast Maluku at coordinates 6.67 South Latitude - 130.71 East Longitude.

The earthquake with a depth of 94 kilometers also did not have the potential for a tsunami.

Earthquake vibrations were felt to the surrounding area, namely Saumlaki with a scale of III-IV measured by the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale.

Geographically, Indonesia is a country that is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire trajectory, which is a trajectory where there are a series of volcanoes so that earthquakes often occur.