The Story Of Bima Arya Running To Save Himself During The Sukabumi Earthquake That Was Felt To Bogor

The mayor of Bogor continued his meeting at the City Hall yard during the earthquake, on Tuesday, April 27 afternoon. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Bogor Mayor Bima Arya while chairing a meeting at Bogor City Hall, Tuesday, April 27 evening, felt the shock of the earthquake and immediately ran out of the room to the side yard of the City Hall building.

Launching Antara, Wednesday, April 28, The meeting participants also followed Bima Arya and immediately ran out of the room and gathered in the side yard of the Bogor City Hall building.

The earthquake, which the shock was felt at Bogor City Hall, occurred off the southeast coast with a distance of 103 km from Sukabumi Regency, West Java, on Tuesday, at 16:23:37 WIB.

Based on data from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 had an epicenter of the earthquake at -7.86 latitude and 106.87 longitudes at a depth of 14 km in the sea.

Bogor City Government Leadership Protocol and Communication Staff, Apri, said, before the earthquake, Bima Arya chaired a meeting with a number of student participants, in his meeting room, at Bogor City Hall.

Suddenly everyone in the room felt a shock and became panicked. "Everyone in the room immediately ran out, including Sir Bima Arya. Due to the earthquake, the meeting participants immediately evacuated themselves to a safe location in an open space", said Apri.