Stay Calm, 5.0 Magnitude Earthquake In The Banda Sea Of NTT Has No Tsunami Potential

BMKG East Nusa Tenggara Coordinator Margiono provided material in Technical Guidance and workshop activities with the theme "Jurnalis Resilient Disaster" / DOK ANTARA

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 in the Banda Sea area, Alor, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) had no potential for a tsunami. "There is no potential for a tsunami, stay calm," said Head of Kupang Geophysics Station Margiono when contacted from Solor, East Flores Regency, Antara, Tuesday, April 16. The tectonic earthquake occurred at 10.07 WIB with a location at sea at a distance of 123 kilometers northeast of Alor and a depth of 503 km. The earthquake shock was felt in the eastern Alor, northeast Alor, and Lembur areas, but there were no reports of damage caused by the earthquake. By paying attention to the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, said Margiono, the earthquake that occurred was a type of deep earthquake due to the deformation activity of the Indo-Australian Plate slab which was subducted below NTT. The results of the analysis of the source mechanism show that the earthquake has a mechanism for sliding down. "And the modeling results show that the earthquake has no potential for a tsunami," he said. Margiono said there were no aftershocks until 11.22 WITA. However, he still appealed to the public to avoid buildings that are easily damaged or cracked when an earthquake occurs.

"Make sure there is no damage caused by earthquake vibrations before returning home," he said.