8.2 Magnitude Earthquake In Alaska, Conditions For Indonesian Citizens Are Good

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JAKARTA - Director of the Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Indonesian Legal Entities (PWNI-BHI) of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Judha Nugraha said the condition of Indonesian citizens of Anchorage City, Alaska, after the earthquake was good and safe.

"The number of Indonesian citizens in Alaska is recorded at 61. As far as the Indonesian Consulate General in San Francisco is concerned, they are in good condition," said Judha Nugraha in a written statement in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Friday, July 30.

Alaska on Wednesday, July 28 was rocked by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake.

The earthquake occurred at 10:15 pm Alaska time, on the coast of the City of Perryville, which is about 800 km from Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. He said the majority of Indonesian citizens live in Anchorage and said that they did not feel the earthquake.

"There are Indonesian people who are on the coast of Seward City who were asked to evacuate to higher ground because of the "tsunami warning" but it was canceled," he said.

The Consulate General in San Francisco, he continued, will continue to monitor developments and contact local officials and Indonesian community nodes in other cities in Alaska to find out the condition of Indonesian citizens.