There Have Been 161 Susulant Earthquakes That Have Occurred In Cianjur So Far This Morning

Photo: BPMI Setpres/Laily Rachev

JAKARTA - BMKG noted that as of 07.00 WIB there were 161 aftershocks from the main M5.6 earthquake in Cianjur Regency, West Java.

"The number of aftershocks until November 23, 2022 at 07.00 WIB was 161 aftershocks," said Head of the BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Center, Daryono, confirmed in Jakarta, Wednesday, November 23, as reported by Antara.

He added that there had been no aftershocks since 05.24 WIB. The magnitude of the largest aftershock was recorded at M4.2 and the smallest at M1.2.

"Frequence of aftershocks per six-hour period is increasingly rare. Hopefully it will be safe to return soon," he said.

He said, based on the analysis of the source mechanism, the earthquake in Cianjur, West Java had a sliding fault to the left.

"This is similar to the characteristics of the Cimandiri fault, so this is suspected to be a fault or a Cimandiri fault, and that's true because it is in the fault system zone," said Daryono.

Meanwhile, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) as of Tuesday (22/11) afternoon recorded as many as 268 victims who died as a result of the earthquake. Of the 268 victims, 122 bodies have been identified.

Then BNPB also noted that there were 151 missing victims, and are still being searched. For the injured victims as many as 1,083 people, the number of refugees was 58,362 people.

Meanwhile, the loss of housing materials was severely damaged in the number of 6,570 units, moderately damaged houses in the number of 2,071 units, houses lightly damaged 12,641 units. The data is still growing along with the ongoing data collection.