Jayapura Residents Worried For Susulan After Being Rocked By The M 5.5 Earthquake

Earthquake illustration. (Unsplash)

PAPUA - An earthquake with a magnitude (M) of 5.5, hit Jayapura City causing panic. Many residents save themselves from leaving their homes.

Sony Benjamin, a resident of the Dok IX area, North Jayapura District, Jayapura City, admitted that the earthquake caused the family who was fast asleep to wake up running out of the house. The earthquake that occurred Monday, January 2 at 03.24 WIT also caused a number of household items to fall from the storage cupboard. "We don't dare to enter the house because there was a follow-up earthquake," said Sonny after the earthquake on Monday, January 2, quoted by Antara. Risky, a resident of Pasir Dua who claimed to be water in the reservoir in his house had spilled. "This earthquake was felt once, hopefully there will be no aftershocks again," said Riski.

Previously, the BMKG earthquake analysis staff Region V Jayapura Jambari said, from the data collected, it was revealed that the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 was located at 2.58 LS-140.67 East Java BT or 13 KM northeast of Jayapura City. The depth of the earthquake was about 10 km and it was felt by IV MMI and it was also reported that it was felt in Genyem, Jayapura Regency. "Aftershocks are still happening, we will inform you later," said Jambari.