3 Districts In Pangandaran Affected By The M 6.5 Garut Earthquake, Tagana Still Data On Damage Impact

Illustration of the impact of the earthquake. (Unsplash-Mick Haupt)

A number of houses and mosques in Pangandaran, West Java (West Java), were affected by the 6.5 magnitude (M) earthquake in the west of Garut Regency data, Saturday, April 27 evening.

"There has been minor damage to several houses, they are being assessed again," said Head of the Pangandaran Regency Disaster Preparedness Cadet (Tagana), Pangandaran Regency, Nana Suryana when contacted via cell phone, Sunday, April 28, confiscated by Antara.

He said that the shock of the Garut earthquake was reported that three areas were damaged, namely in Kalipucang District, one mosque was damaged by the ceramic wall.

Furthermore, in Padaherang District, there were two damaged houses, and one kitchen part of the house was also damaged in Cimerak District. Some areas of Cimerak during the earthquake had a power failure.

"The Pangandaran Regency is temporarily monitored to be conducive in 10 sub-districts, one sub-district in the Cimerak area is partially turned off by lights," he said.

The earthquake shock, which was centered in Garut, was quite strong, felt by the coastal community of Pangandaran, which is still on the same coastline as Garut Regency.

The earthquake shock, he said, had caused residents to panic, but there was no self-evacuation movement carried out by the Pangandaran community, as well as the condition of the coastal area being monitored normally.

"Tourist conditions panicked, but gradually became conducive, there was no movement of self-evacuation, the beach situation was also conducive again," he said.

He added that the current situation and conditions in the Pangandaran Beach tourist area have also been observed to have started to return to normal, the community and tourists are active as usual.

"Normal, normal activity tourists," he said.

Based on the BMKG report, the M 6.5 earthquake was centered in the sea 151 km southwest of Garut Regency with a depth of 10 km and no potential for a tsunami.

Guncangan gempa tersebut cukup kuat dirasakan di sejumlah daerah di wilayah kota maupun gunungan di Garut. Bahkan, dilaporkan juga dirasakan sampai daerah lainnya seperti Pangandaran, Bandung, Tasikmalaya, dan daerah lainnya.