JAKARTA - Head of the Earthquake Information Division of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Daryono confirmed that there was no seismic activity or earthquakes when the sound of a crash was heard in the vicinity of Malang City, East Java.

Through his Twitter account @DaryonoBMKG, he said BMKG Pandaan sensor records did not record any seismic anomalies when the sound of the boom was heard.

"For friends in Malang who reported at 00.50 WIB - 1.18 WIB and 03.00 WIB - 03.22 WIB hearing a mysterious thud, this is the note that the BMKG sensor in Pandaan (MLJI) did not record any seismic anomalies," said Daryono in his tweet, Wednesday, February 3.

Furthermore, he then asked that this phenomenon not be linked to supernatural things and made people panic. Because, there are many reasons why a booming sound like this can be heard.

"The source of the sound of the crash is many (many), can (can) be meteorite shockwaves, fire shockwaves, supersonic aircraft shockwaves, explosives (materials), large-scale landslides, shallow earthquakes, and thunderstorms," he explained.

"All of them can be the cause, people don't panic, let alone relate to supernatural things," added Daryono.

As previously reported, there was a sound of thumping in Malang, East Java at around 23.40pm. Furthermore, many were wondering where did this thudding sound come from?

"Krungu (hear) the sound of a thump or not?" Thus tweeted the Twitter account of Malang City BPBD, quoted by VOI, February 3 in the morning.

The admin Twitter BPBD Malang one hour later tweeted about the origin of the sound of the crash in Malang.

"Mimin still can not predict where the sound of the thud came from, this is still digging for information from colleagues in other regions, please take time, all of us, all of us pray together, hopefully safety will always be given," said BPBD Malang info.


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