BNPB Calls Tuban Untuned Earthquake Not Causing Casualties

Illustration of the impact of the earthquake. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that there were no casualties due to the successive earthquake centered off the coast of Tuban, East Java, Friday, March 22 afternoon.

"Until the time this broadcast was delivered, there were no post-event casualties," said Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center Abdul Muhari in a report received in Jakarta, Friday, March 22, which was confiscated by Antara.

It's just that, he continued, based on reports from personnel from the East Java and Central Java Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) found that the earthquake had damaged residents' houses and public facilities in their area.

Damage, such as cracked walls and broken windows, among others, occurred in mosques and hospitals in the Bawean Islands, Gresik Regency. The earthquake also damaged the kitchen part of one of the residents' houses and knocked down a village hall building in Tuban Village, Tuban City.

In addition, hospital patients in Tuban were also evacuated out of the building.

"Until now, the team continues to monitor in the field and collect data on the impact of the earthquake to prepare for further handling," he said.

Previously, the BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Center recorded that eight aftershocks had occurred successively since the first major earthquake this afternoon starting at 11.22 WIB-13.31 WIB.

The first earthquake centered at sea at a distance of 132 kilometers northeast of Tuban City had a magnitude of 6 magnitudes, at coordinates 5.74 South Latitude (LS) and 112.32 East Longitude (BT) with a depth of 10 kilometers.

Furthermore, it was followed by eight times the largest earthquake activity with a magnitude of 5.3 to the smallest 3.2 magnitudes.

The location of the aftershock center was monitored by the BMKG centered at 152 kilometers northeast of Rembang, Central Java, 153 kilometers northwest of Lamongan, East Java, 175 kilometers northwest of Surabaya, East Java, and 612 kilometers northeast of Jakarta.

The impact of the III-IV (MMI) intensity-scale vibration was felt by people in Central Java (Bawean, Jepara, Kudus, Semarang, Blora Pekalongan). Furthermore, East Java (Tuban, Lamongan, Bojonegoro, Surabaya, Nganjuk, Pacitan, Trenggalek, Tulungagung, Sidoarjo, Madiun, Pasuruan, Malang), and the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY).

The results of the BMKG analysis stated that the series of tectonic earthquakes were shallow earthquakes caused by active fault activity in the Java Sea. This earthquake has no potential to cause a tsunami so that residents are still safe to do on the beach or sea.