Sukabumi Earthquake, BPBD Not Receiving Reports Of Damage To Public Facilities And Buildings

Photo: Antara

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Sukabumi City confirmed that an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 centered in Sukabumi Regency, West Java on Saturday, March 2, at around 17.48 WIB did not trigger damage to buildings in the area.

"As of Sunday night, we did not receive information from the public or reports from officers in the field that there were damaged buildings or public facilities," said Sukabumi City BPBD Chief Executive Novian Rahmat, quoting Antara, Sunday, March 3.

Although there was no damage caused by the earthquake shock, he appealed to the public to always be aware of earthquakes that could occur at any time. Moreover, Sukabumi is an earthquake-prone area.

However, residents are advised not to quickly believe information or news that is not yet clear or hoax. If you want information related to the earthquake, you can come directly to the Sukabumi City BPBD Secretariat or open the BMKG website and a credible news portal.

To minimize the impact if a disaster occurs, his party has alerted dozens of disaster management officers who can be deployed at any time in the event of a disaster.

In addition, coordinating with other institutions such as the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), social volunteers for the Taruna Siaga Disaster (Tagana) and other potential SAR.

"We routinely provide socialization and education about disasters, especially earthquakes, either through social media/mass or providing direct training to various elements of society, one of which is students so that they know from an early age about disaster mitigation," he said.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) released the M4.9 earthquake that occurred on Saturday (2/3), at 17.48 WIB located at 7.55 LS-106.68 East Longitude, 64 km southeast of Sukabumi Regency at a depth of 28 km.