DKI Provincial Government Will Simulation Of Megathrust Earthquake In 5 Mayor's Offices In Early October

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JAKARTA - The DKI Provincial Government through the DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) will simulate the handling of a megathrust earthquake in five Jakarta mayor's offices in early October.

"The implementation of the earthquake simulation is planned to be carried out in the first and second weeks of October 2024 in all mayor's offices in 5 regions," said Head of the DKI Jakarta BPBD Pusdatin Muhammad Yohan, Saturday, September 21.

Prior to the implementation of the simulation, the DKI BPBD will conduct a pre-assembly to see the readiness of building facilities and infrastructure as well as education regarding preparedness to deal with earthquakes for employees in the mayor's environment.

"As for the planned simulation of earthquake emergency management, the earthquake will use the scenario of a megathrust earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7 with an MMI VI-VII impact scale," said Yohan.

In addition, the DKI BPBD has also begun to receive many requests to conduct training on earthquake disaster mitigation after the threat of a megathrust earthquake emerged.

"Since the issue of this megathrust, we have tended to get a lot of requests For training or knowledge about earthquake disaster mitigation," he said.

Yohan admitted that BPBD had been carrying out socialization and education activities regarding disaster mitigation. Usually, this education is carried out in the RT-RW community, kelurahan, to office buildings.

Then, since the public began to know about the potential for a megathrust earthquake, the request for education from BPBD was submitted via telephone service 112 and the official BPBD channel increased rapidly.

This, according to Yohan, proves that public awareness in dealing with disaster threats is starting to increase.

"The effect is like that, yes. With the issue of megathrust, the positive thing is that everyone is aware that we always have to be aware of this disaster," said Yohan.

For information, megathrust is a type of tectonic fracture formed in the subduction zone, where one tectonic plate infiltrates under another plate. This fracture occurs at the boundaries of the converging plate, especially between ocean plates and continental plates.

The megathrust earthquake is generally very strong and often has a large magnitude with a magnitude of 8 or more. This happens because the shift that occurs along this fault involves a very large area and releases large energy.