Earthquake M 3.8 Goyang Kuningan, BMKG: Allegedly Strongly Propelled By Baribis Sesar Activities Ciremai

JABAR - An earthquake with a magnitude (M) of 3.8 that shook Kuningan Regency, West Java (West Java) is suspected to be due to the activity of the Ciremai Segment fault. The earthquake occurred on Thursday, December 22 at 04.18 WIB.

"It is strongly suspected that the Kuningan earthquake this Thursday morning was triggered by the activity of Sesar Baribis Segmen Ciremai," said Head of the Earthquake and Tsunami Center of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Daryono, confirmed, Thursday, December 22. The earthquake with a depth of 5 kilometers is located on land at a distance of 1 kilometer southwest of Kuningan Regency. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at coordinates 6.99 South Latitude and 108.48 East Longitude.

"By paying attention to the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake that occurred was a type of shallow crustal earthquake due to active fault activity," he said.

He conveyed that the impact of the earthquake was described by the BMKG shock level map and based on reports from the public.

This earthquake was felt in the Kuningan area with an intensity scale of III MMI or the vibration felt real in the house, the vibration felt as if a truck had passed.

The earthquake was also felt in Cirebon, Majalengka with an Intensity Scale II - III MMI, or vibrations felt by several people, light objects that were hung swayed, vibrations felt real in the house.

"As of 05.00 WIB, the results of BMKG monitoring have not shown any aftershock activity," he concluded.